12·1 year ago- From days 8 to 12 your true love gives you milkmaids, dancing ladies, leaping lords, pipers and drummers. Human beings. As gifts. Which makes eating the birds feel a lot more okay.
- This carol was written back when Christmas was a mere 12 days long. Now Christmas starts in mid-October. “On the ninety-ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, ninety-nine wall beers…”