"in each round of the song, then a total of 364 items are delivered by the twelfth day. This custom began with and is maintained by PNC Bank. Two pricing charts are created, referred to as the Christmas Price Index and The True Cost of Christmas. The former is an index of the current costs of one set of each of the gifts given by the True Love to the singer of the song ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"". The latter is the cumulative cost of all the gifts with the repetitions listed in the song. The people mentioned in"
"The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now"
"The Twelve Gifts of Christmas ""The Twelve Gifts of Christmas"" is a song parody written and performed by Allan Sherman based on the classic Christmas song ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"". The song reached #5 on the Billboard Christmas Chart in 1963. A noted jukebox record supplier stated that if the record was released earlier, it ""might have been a hot number."" The song subsequently appeared on Sherman's 1964 album, ""For Swingin' Livers Only!"" The song was arranged by Lou Busch. He lists off the gifts in successive verses, and after some of them he adds more details about the"
"day: A pair of Teakwood shower clogs. Tenth day: A chromium combination manicure, scissors, and cigarette lighter. Eleventh day: An automatic vegetable slicer that works when you see it on television, but not when you get it home. Twelfth day: ""Although it may seem strange, I'm going to exchange"" all the gifts, which he then lists off. Sherman ends the song by saying ""MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY"". The Twelve Gifts of Christmas ""The Twelve Gifts of Christmas"" is a song parody written and performed by Allan Sherman based on the classic Christmas song ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"". The song reached"
"associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the familiar prolongation of the verse ""five gold rings"" (now often ""five golden rings""). ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by ""my true love"" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics. The lyrics given here are from Frederic Austin's 1909 publication that first established the current"
"including William Shakespeare's poem ""The Phoenix and the Turtle"" (where ""turtle"" refers to the turtle dove). The turtle dove is featured in a number of folk songs about love and loss. One of these is a setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Turtle doves also are featured in the song, ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"", as the gift ""my true love gives to me"" on the second day of Christmas. If added cumulatively, by the end of the song, the recipient has been given 22. Turtle doves appear in the title and lyrics of a spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands."
"With the Christmas season lasting twelve days according to the kalendar of many Christian Churches, a gift is given for each of the twelve days of Christmastide in some cultures, while in other Christian households, gifts are only given on Christmas Day or Twelfth Night, the first and last days of the Christmas season, respectively. The tradition was also embraced by retailers, for whom the weeks and, eventually, the entire month before Christmas became a very profitable period. Around the turn of the 20th century retailers started directing marketing efforts at children in the hopes that they would entice the"
"chose the items in the popular Christmas carol ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" as its market basket: a partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, five gold(en) rings, six geese, seven swans, eight maids, nine dancing ladies, ten leaping lords, eleven pipers, and twelve drummers. According to tradition, the purchasing of the items begins on December 26 and ends on January 6. PNC compiles both a ""Christmas Price Index"" and ""The True Cost of Christmas."" The ""Christmas Price Index"" is calculated by adding the cost of the items in the song. The ""True"
"tree. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. </poem> and so on until <poem> 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 gold(en) rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and"
"players repeated the verse, the leader added another verse, and so on until one of the players made a mistake, with the player who erred having to pay a penalty, such as offering up a kiss or a sweet. In the northern counties of England, the song was often called the ""Ten Days of Christmas"", as there were only ten gifts. It was also known in Somerset, Dorsetshire, and elsewhere in England. The kinds of gifts vary in a number of the versions, some of them becoming alliterative tongue-twisters. ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" was also widely popular in the"
"on Christmas Eve and letting it burn some more on each of the twelve nights. For some, the Twelfth Night remains the night of the most festive parties and exchanges of gifts. Some households exchange gifts on the first (25 December) and last (5 January) days of the Twelve Days. As in former times, the Twelfth Night to the morning of Epiphany is the traditional time during which Christmas trees and decorations are deposed. Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western"
"For Christmas Is You', 'Merry Christmas Everyone', 'Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer', 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town', and, finally, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' (featuring Year 13 singing the coveted 'Five Gold Rings'). The school shares Christmas cake and everyone is given a tangerine. Songs are usually led by the Lay Chaplain and accompanied by the Director of Music; they become increasingly raucous as the Party progresses. Commonly, some male members of staff are required to stand up and sing 'We Three Kings' in front of the congregation. The school offers the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Sport is also a"
"The Gift of Christmas (song) ""The Gift of Christmas"" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A second CD of ""The Gift of Christmas"" was also released featuring"
"form of the carol. The first three verses run, in full, as follows: Subsequent verses follow the same pattern, each adding one new gift and repeating all the earlier gifts so that each verse is one line longer than its predecessor: The earliest known version of the lyrics was published in London under the title ""The Twelve Days of Christmas sung at King Pepin's Ball"", as part of a 1780 children's book, ""Mirth without Mischief"". Subsequent versions have shown considerable variation: For ease of comparison with Austin's 1909 version given above:<br> (a) differences in wording, ignoring capitalisation and punctuation, are"
"the wise men (or Magi) brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. Tradition names them Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. The custom of blessing homes on Epiphany developed because the feast commemorates the time that the three kings visited the home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The Twelve Days of Christmas begin on Christmas Day (December 25) and end on January 5, eve of the traditional date of the Epiphany. In other parts of the world, it is sometimes referred to as ""Old Christmas"" or ""Old Christmas Day"", so called for the same reasons as in Ireland."
"the Faroe Islands, there is a comparable counting Christmas song. The gifts include: one feather, two geese, three sides of meat, four sheep, five cows, six oxen, seven dishes, eight ponies, nine banners, ten barrels, eleven goats, twelve men, thirteen hides, fourteen rounds of cheese and fifteen deer. These were illustrated in 1994 by local cartoonist Óli Petersen (born 1936) on a series of two stamps issued by the Faroese Philatelic Office. ""Les Douze Mois"" (""The Twelve Months"") (also known as ""La Perdriole""—""The Partridge"") is another similar cumulative verse from France that has been likened to ""The Twelve Days of"
"5% returned the gift to the giver. Seniors were more likely to send their unwanted presents to charity, while those aged 25 to 34 ""simply threw them away"". Gifts that are least likely to be appreciated rely on personal tastes, and include items like perfumes and cosmetics, ornaments, and clothing. songs: Christmas gift A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Day itself, December 25, or on the last day of the twelve-day Christmas season, Twelfth Night (January 5). The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according"
"Christmas gift A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Day itself, December 25, or on the last day of the twelve-day Christmas season, Twelfth Night (January 5). The practice of giving gifts during Christmastide, according to Christian tradition, is symbolic of the presentation of the gifts by the Three Wise Men to the infant Jesus. The tradition of gift-giving in general is an old one, but it became associated with Christian feast of Christmas more recently. In ancient Rome, gift giving may have occurred near the"
"million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all-time behind ""Elvis' Christmas Album"", which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. The original 1945 release and subsequent re-releases and re-packages spent a total of 36 weeks at no. 1 on the ""Billboard"" pop albums chart. The original album consisted of ten songs on five 78 records, all of which had been previously released. Each one had a holiday theme with the exception of ""Danny Boy"", paired with ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" on its original record. Prior to the long-playing album era, such assemblies were not uncommon"
"The Gift of Christmas (Juice Newton album) The Gift of Christmas is a 2007 Christmas album by country pop singer Juice Newton. It was originally released by OJM Records on November 14, 2007. The album was Newton's last collaboration with Otha Young, her professional partner of over 30 years. Young died of cancer in 2009. ""The Gift of Christmas"" was produced by Newton herself and recorded at a studio in La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California. Among the 12 songs Newton recorded on the album were the old spiritual ""Go Tell It on the Mountain"", the English Christmas carol"
"""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" has been revised to fit the Australian context, as an example: ""On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: 12 parrots prattling, 11 numbats nagging, 10 lizards leaping, 9 wombats working, 8 dingoes digging, 7 possums playing, 6 brolgas dancing, 5 kangaroos, 4 koalas cuddling, 3 kookaburras laughing, 2 pink galahs, and an emu up a gum tree."" Other popular Australian Christmas songs include: 'White Wine in the Sun"" by Tim Minchin, ""Aussie Jingle Bells"" by Bucko & Champs, ""Christmas Photo"" by John Williamson, ""Go Santa, Go"" by The Wiggles, and"
"remixes by Motiv 8, Not Loveland, Matt Darey, Beatmasters and Wand. The Gift of Christmas (song) ""The Gift of Christmas"" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A"
"12 Songs of Christmas (Etta James album) 12 Songs of Christmas is a holiday album by American singer Etta James, released in October 1998 through the record label Private Music. The album, produced by John Snyder, features standards arranged mostly by pianist Cedar Walton and solos by Walton, George Bohanon on trombone and Red Holloway on tenor saxophone. Critical reception of the album was positive overall. Following its release, ""12 Songs"" reached a peak position of number five on ""Billboard"" Top Blues Albums chart. ""12 Songs of Christmas"" consists of twelve standard holiday songs with arrangements mostly by pianist Cedar"
"SoundScan estimated total sales of two versions of the digital track by The Chipmunks at 867,000 downloads, placing it third on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history (behind Mariah Carey's 1994 hit single ""All I Want for Christmas Is You"" and Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1996 track ""Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24""). The song has been adapted in ""The Alvin Show"" as one of its musical segments. The short depicts Alvin looking through various presents to find a hula hoop, even as he reluctantly sings along with the other Chipmunks. At the end of the song, Seville rewards Simon"
"scenes of children receiving gifts appear throughout. Give This Christmas Away ""Give This Christmas Away"" is a Christmas song by American contemporary Christian musician and singer-songwriter Matthew West from his 2011 Christmas album ""The Heart of Christmas"". The song was released as a single on October 6, 2009. It features guest vocals from American singer and songwriter Amy Grant. The song became West's fourth Hot Christian Songs No. 1 and Grant's first, staying there for one week. It lasted 6 weeks on the overall chart. It also had the biggest drop from No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs of"
"Twelve Tales of Christmas Twelve Tales of Christmas is a Christmas-themed solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Tom Chaplin. The album was released on 17 November 2017 by Island Records. It is Chaplin’s second solo studio album, following on from the release of his debut album ""The Wave"" in 2016, as well as the four studio albums he had recorded as the lead singer of Keane. On 13 October 2017, Chaplin announced that he had recorded his first solo Christmas album, entitled ""Twelve Tales of Christmas"", to be released on 17 November 2017. Simultaneously the first single from the"
"At Christmas (album) At Christmas is the eighth studio album and first full-length Christmas album by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released on November 17, 2014 via RCA Nashville. The physical copy of the album was released exclusively through Walmart stores. The album features a selection of well-known classic Christmas songs and one original song, the title track, written by Shane Stevens and Toby Lightman. ""The Twelve Days of Christmas"" features vocals from two of Evans' daughters, Olivia and Audrey. The final three tracks were recorded and released previously on various artist albums: ""O Come All Ye"
"Twelve Days of Christmas"" than that featured in the TV special, along with their rendition of ""Christmas Is Coming"". ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"", ""We Wish You a Merry Christmas"", and ""A Baby Just Like You"" was released as a red vinyl 45 rpm single (RCA PB-11767), while ""The Peace Carol"", ""We Wish You a Merry Christmas"", and ""Deck the Halls"" were issued on a radio-only promo single (RCA PB-9463). A sheet music edition was also released containing most of the songs and musical scores from the special. Notes The following credits are sourced from liner notes included with"
"particularly good voice. Collectors of sheer corn may take a perverse delight in an item called 'We Wish You the Merriest.'"" 12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album) 12 Songs of Christmas is a 1964 album of Christmas music by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. The artists had previously collaborated for the album ""America, I Hear You Singing"", released earlier the same year. All of the songs were included on CD as part of the 2-CD set ""Nothing but the Best (Limited Christmas Edition)"" issued in 2009. In the USA, ""Variety"" received"
"12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album) 12 Songs of Christmas is a 1964 album of Christmas music by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. The artists had previously collaborated for the album ""America, I Hear You Singing"", released earlier the same year. All of the songs were included on CD as part of the 2-CD set ""Nothing but the Best (Limited Christmas Edition)"" issued in 2009. In the USA, ""Variety"" received the album favorably. ""This is an attractive compilation of seasonal standards delivered in standout style by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra,"
"8 Days of Christmas (song) ""8 Days of Christmas"" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child, from their same-titled Christmas album (2001). Written by band members Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland along with Errol McCalla, Jr., who handled its production, it is a Christmas-themed song with heavy R&B and dance pop elements. Released as a promotional single in support of its parent album, ""8 Days of Christmas"" was first released in November 2000 on the re-issue of the band's ""The Writing's on the Wall"" (1999) and the CD single of their number-one single ""Independent Women"". The song is"
"Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western ecclesiastical traditions, ""Christmas Day"" is considered the ""First Day of Christmas"" and the Twelve Days are 25 December – 5 January, inclusive. For many Christian denominations; for example, the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church, the Twelve Days are identical to Christmastide, but for others, e.g., the Roman Catholic Church, ""Christmastide"" lasts longer than the Twelve Days of Christmas. Because the Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic Church celebrate the Birth and Baptism of Christ"
"album has sold 525,478 copies in the US. It has been present on the Billboard Top 200 for 135 weeks as of August 16, 2012 The producer of this album is Charles Pignone and the executive producer is Robert Finkelstein & Jimmy Edwards. This album is presented in 3 versions: standard edition (22 tracks), Christmas edition (22 tracks + 12 Christmas songs) and a DVD edition (22 tracks + 1 DVD concert of the artist, in addition this album is packaged in Digipack format). This is a limited re-edition of the original 1964 album 12 Songs of Christmas, by Bing"