For the first 12 days of December this year, I recreated the Twelve Days of Christmas for my true love... sorta.
I gave The Man of the House a small gift each day to represent the gift from that day of the song. I had a ton of fun coming up with stuff to be a symbols of each day! And got some help from the female offspring along the way. Some were obvious. Some I was really reaching for. Some were just plain silly!
Here's how my 12 days of Christmas turned out:
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| On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a partridge in a pear tree. Or... a bird ornament on a pear drink. |
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| On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 2 "turtle"doves |
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 3 french hens. ( But apparently not a camera, since I seem to have somehow missed taking a picture this day!) It was a package of Christmas peeps. The peppermint kind dipped in dark chocolate. I asked them if they were, in fact, French and they responded "Mais, Oui!" But the accent was iffy, so I still have my doubts.
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| On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 4 calling birds |
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| On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 5 gold rings |
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| On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 6 geese a laying. And with all those eggs, you're gonna need a whisk! |
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| On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 7 swans a swimming |
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| On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 8 maids a milking (swiss maids...) |
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| On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 9 ladies (disco) dancing |
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| On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 10 lords a leaping |
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| On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 11 pipers piping |
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| On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 12 drummers drumming |
