Twelve Days of Christmas

It's almost December!  Time to break out the Christmas spirit, put up the tree and start singing carols (not sometime in late October as the shops would have you believe).  I don't know about you, but I find "The Twelve Days of Christmas" particularly amusing, especially at carols nights when by the twelfth verse it starts to sound something like this:

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Twelve hmm hmm hmm hmm
Eleven la la la la
Ten da de doo doo
Nine dum de dum dum
Eight *whistle whistle*
Seven something somethings
Six willy wonkas
FIVE GO-OLD RINGS
Four mm mm birds
Three ...ench hens
Two turtle doves
AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREEEEEEEEEEEEE



Here's my version for those of us who don't read or hear it quite right.  Sing along now...

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

 


On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.



 

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Eight mudslide milkies
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.




On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Nine Lady Gagas
Eight mudslide milkies
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Ten Dior earrings
Nine Lady Gagas
Eight mudslide milkies
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Eleven pure white diamonds
Ten Dior earrings
Nine Lady Gagas
Eight mudslide milkies
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Twelve rums in tumblers
Eleven pure white diamonds
Ten Dior earrings
Nine Lady Gagas
Eight mudslide milkies
Seven long stemmed lilies
Six Matisse paintings
Five cold gins (and tonics)
Four Cadbury Twirls
Three Mercedes Benzes
Two purple gloves and
An iPhone for twit-ter-ing.

The real words for those of you who have forgotten or never knew in the first place are:

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Twelve drummers drumming

Eleven pipers piping

Ten lords a-leaping

Nine ladies dancing

Eight maids a-milking

Seven swans a-swimming

Six geese a-laying

Five golden rings

Four calling birds

Three French hens

Two turtle doves

And a partridge in a pear tree!

PS  Just what you would do with nine Lady Gagas I do not know.......