Your true love trying to buy all those presents for the twelve days of Christmas may be suffering from sticker shock. The final four days will cost about $2,000.
That’s a lot of money for some birds. Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. If that total isn’t a problem, the entire twelve days of gifts will set a person back $46,729.86. That is a 2.7 percent increase over last year. All of this gift-giving comes from a song.
According to Vox, “The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day).”
Since at least the late 1700s, people have been singing “The 12 Days of Christmas” carols. It’s written from the perspective of a person who has received 12 days of gifts from their “true love,” mostly birds and various performers, such as the highest ticket item this year, 10 lords-a-leaping.
“Some historians think the song could be French in origin, but most agree it was designed as a…
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