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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity.. Christmas Day is the First Day. The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last.
Christmastide, commonly called the Twelve Days of Christmas, lasts 12 days, from 25 December to 5 January, the latter date being named as Twelfth Night. [12] These traditional dates are adhered to by the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Church. [1] However, the ending is defined differently by other Christian denominations. [13]
A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to Christmastide and the holiday season. Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people (including some non-Christians) in Western society and ...
Card stock, also called cover stock and pasteboard, is paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing and printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard. Card stock is often used for business cards , postcards , playing cards , catalogue covers, scrapbooking , and other applications requiring more ...
Countdown to Christmas: Watch live countdown Other key dates this holiday season. Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) Hanukkah (Dec. 22–30) Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) Christmas Day (Dec. 25) Kwanzaa (Dec. 26 ...
The Twelve Days of Christmas [Correspondence], also called Twelve Days of Christmas, A Correspondence, is a 1998 monologue book by John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, and illustrated by Quentin Blake. [1] It was published by Atlantic Books and is based upon the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". The monologue is based upon ...
"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. [1] A noted jukebox record supplier stated that if the record was released earlier, it "might have been a hot number."