#the twelve days of christmas

[machetelanding]

[fanaticsnail]

WE HAVE

A CHICK

Look at the bebe. Look at them.

More chicks to come, hopefully - but we have lift off!!

[jessieren]

On the Seventh Day of Christmas

My Evans gave to me....

Seven Evans a-giggling

Previous Six Days (warning: very NSFW if you make it to the end...) here: https://www.tumblr.com/jessieren/770221371065286656/the-twelve-days-of-evans?source=share

[lowcountry-gothic]

The Twelve Days of Christmas, by Halsey Berryman.

[catalisst]

[itsdlevy]

We recorded a bonus episode of Muppeturgy about John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together.

[doctorfriend79]

🎵 On the first day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, the TARDIS flying through the Time Vortex… 🎵

🎵 On the second day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, two companions laughing… 🎵

🎵 On the third day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, three Mondasian Cybermen… 🎵

[arconinternet]

A Firefly in a Fir Tree (Book, Hilary Knight, 1963/2004)

You can digitally borrow two versions of it here.

[oscarwetnwilde]

A Christmas post from a Christmas video .

𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔶 ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔪𝔞𝔰 ❆⋆꙳•☃︎⋆꙳•✩⋆꙳•❅

[alliterative-endlessknot]

Today begins the #12DaysOfChristmas! In our video about the famous song by this name we explain the etymologies of all the gifts.

If you want to hear how those etymologies sound in the carol, here’s our “Twelve Etymologies of Christmas” song!

[inamindfarfaraway]

The Twelve Labours of Heracles

In my first year of penance my cousin set for me

A lion with invulnerability

In my second year of penance my cousin set for me

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my third year of penance my cousin set for me

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my fourth year of penance my cousin set for me

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my fifth year of penance my cousin set for me

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my sixth year of penance my cousin set for me

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my seventh year of penance my cousin set for me

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my eighth year of penance my cousin set for me

Horses that eat people

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my ninth year of penance my cousin set for me

The Amazon queen’s belt

Horses that eat people

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my tenth year of penance my cousin set for me

The cows of a giant

The Amazon queen’s belt

Horses that eat people

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my eleventh year of penance my cousin set for me

Dragon-protected apples

The cows of a giant

The Amazon queen’s belt

Horses that eat people

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

In my twelfth year of penance my cousin set for me

The Underworld’s guard dog

Dragon-protected apples

The cows of a giant

The Amazon queen’s belt

Horses that eat people

A havoc-wreaking bull

A fearsome flock of birds

VAST AMOUNTS OF SHIT

A huge raging boar

A deer with super speed

A many-headed Hydra

And a lion with invulnerability

[frothytundra]

Butchart Gardens Christmas Lights

Near Victoria in British Columbia is a magnificent group of floral display gardens called Butchart Gardens. Every year they decorate with lights for the holidays, and the theme this year is The Twelve Days of Christmas. I joined a group on a bus tour to the gardens and we thoroughly enjoyed a couple of hours appreciating the sights. As we walked around we heard countless people singing to remind…

[spiced-wine-fic]

“in Brittany and in Wales, the Twelve Days of Christmas, which mark the intercalary days of the year, are called ‘the Omen Days,’ and they have a special purpose. ‘Intercalary days’ are really the days left over from reckoning up the solar year and, in calendars throughout the world and at different times, they are special because they are considered to be ‘the days out of time.’  It is in this interval between the ordinary count of days that gods are born or conceived in many different mythologies, including the Irish one, where Oengus Og, Young Angus, is conceived, grown and born at Brúg na Boinne within this time, all in one day, by the magical workings of the Dagda.”

[wjbs-aus]

The 12 Days of Christmas Algorithm, or: a random thing that I figured out so I could answer a question my brother asked.

Here's how it works:

X = chosen day Y = number of days until the 12th + 1 Z = total number of things

X * Y = Z

Resulting calculations below (in reverse order to be annoying), as well as the graph generated when I put the results into Excel.

1st day: 12 partridges, 12 pear trees 2nd day: 22 turtle doves 3rd day: 30 French hens 4th day: 36 calling birds 5th day: 40 gold rings 6th day: 42 gees a-laying 7th day: 42 swans a-swimming 8th day: 40 maids a-milking 9th day: 36 ladies dancing 10th day: 30 lords a-leaping 11th day: 22 pipers piping 12th day: 12 drummers drumming

[doctorfriend79]

🎵 On the seventh day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, seven… seven... 🎵 What was I saying?!?

🎵 On the eighth day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, eight Daleks invading… 🎵

🎵 On the ninth day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, nine Slitheen farting… 🎵

[moon-meerkat]

she thinks she's all that and a partridge in a pear tree