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Here's a fun fact about the "12 Days of Christmas" tune we bet you didn't know. Since 1984, PNC Bank has been tracking the price of giving each gift mentioned in the song with the PNC Christmas ...
"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).
Quirky Tails is the third in a series of short stories by Australian author Paul Jennings.It was first released in 1987. As one of Jennings' darker collections, death is a theme in many of the stories. This includes "Unhappily Ever After" (which serves as an allegory for hell), "A Dozen B
Dozen: 12 A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) [2] Baker's dozen: 13 From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customer Half-dozen 6 Six of something Decade: 10
"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song written by Paul Nelson and Gene Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in March 1988 as the second single from her album Untasted Honey. The song hit number one on both the US [1] and Canadian Country charts in 1988.
"Two Dozen Roses" is a song written by Mac McAnally and Robert Byrne, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1989 as the fourth single from their album The Road Not Taken. It was their third number-one hit in both the United States [1] and Canada.
Christmas with The Miracles is the fifth studio album by the American R&B group the Miracles.It was released on October 29, 1963, on Motown's Tamla label. The album charted for six weeks, peaking at number 15 on Billboard's Christmas Record album chart on December 11, 1965. [2]
In 1911, Phillips Barry, who had studied folklore at Harvard, published an article claiming that the origins of "The Unfortunate Lad", which he incorrectly termed ‘The Unfortunate Rake’, were to be found in a fragment called "My Jewel, My Joy". [12] His argument was based on a one-verse fragment provided with a tune of the same name.