The 12 Days of Christmas - Phew That is A Whole Lot Of Bird And One Hefty Bill - And Other Facts

 The twelve days of Christmas is a well known Christmas song, actually it's a poem known as a cumulative verse / song.  Most people sing the 12 days before Christmas, it's actually supposed to be sung from the 25th to the 7th of January.  When you look top top to bottom you will notice one theme, birds up to the maids a milking the song is about giving birds, and what do we do with these birdies?  EAT THEM.  Yep these are supposed to be eaten.  Fun fact the five golden rings are not jewelry they are.......BIRDS!  In this case Pheasants, yes your are probably getting it the song is very bird centric.  

Some other interesting facts include:

1. Some believe the poem was a way to teach the Catholic Catechism to children.  Nope it was not. 

2. The general consensus is that the poem was a memory game played with the winner being able to recite the whole poem with no error.

3. It is also thought to be a song about a lover giving his true love wedding gifts.  Thought this would be quite difficult to do not to mention costly.

Speaking of cost here is the breakdown of what it would cost to get all the gifts in the song.

Gift 2021 Price

A partridge in a pear Tree $222.68

Two turtle doves $450

Three French hens $255

Four calling birds $600

Five gold rings $895

Six geese-a-laying $660

Seven swans a swimming $13,125

Eight maids-a-milking $58

Nine ladies dancing $7,553

10 lords-a-leaping $11,260

11 pipers piping $2,944

12 drummers drumming $3,183

GRAND TOTAL79.454.19

That is a whole lotta dogh! if you ask me. Anyway if you got the cash and you want the gal you may want to buy these items, but I would suggest maybe a car, a house or a really cool trip to go on. Jeez I wish someone would spend 80 grand on me LOL. Kidding of course. The best gift I already have, I am have survived 4 waves of COVID and actually have kept employed I even managed to move up the ladder a bit.

There is a group of unsung heroes who have braved the pandemic and I am going to pay tribute to them in my main blog Candid Conversations with a Candid Comment for now I will just wish all of you who read this all the best, Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays.


Cliff T.