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Twelve Days of Christmas
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Twelve Days of Christmas is a fun song that is believed to have originated from European and Scandinavian regions. A cumulative song Twelve Days of Christmas is also known by some as a popular children's rhyme. With its cumulative list of gifts the song is for many a mathematical puzzle. In the recent years, the song has been either recited by popular characters in pop culture or has been severely parodied.
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The main lyric of the song goes like a mathematical table. The song opens with “ On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave me A partridge in a pear tree” As one moves on the list increases from one partridge in a pear tree to Two turtle doves, Three French hens, Four colly birds, Five golden rings. Since the song has many versions the objects may not appear in the right order although the number sequence follows steadily. On the following days in the song Twelve Days of Christmas come seven swimming swans, eight milkmaids, nine dancing ladies, ten leaping lords, eleven pipers. Finally on the twelfth day arrive twelve drummers. When arranged in a special order together these numbers produce a total of 365 days. Hence, the song Twelve Days of Christmas is a unique way of enjoying the last few days before Christmas. It almost maintains the excitement of the countdown to Christmas.
More than being an interesting number game Twelve Days of Christmas is an easy method to introduce the number system to the children. It was an ancient practice in the far east to maintain a number system based on a table of twelve grids. In that line, the Christmas song Twelve Days of Christmas enjoys a special importance. Today the song is not only popular among toddlers but is also equally popular among the vast majority of devout Christians across the world.
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