#the twelve days of christmas

[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… 🎵

[itsdlevy]

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

[eclec-tech]

The Twelve Gifts of Life Day

For the eighth gift of Life Day, The Bad Batch gave to me...

Eight ARCs a sulking, Seven gonks a gonking, Six grumps complaining, Five CALM irlings, Four Tech-y words, Three droid heads, Two Wrecker hugs, and Omega riding Muchi!

[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… 🎵

[eclec-tech]

The Twelve Gifts of Life Day

For the twelfth gift of Life Day, The Bad Batch gave to me... Twelve blasters blasting,

Eleven snipers sniping,

Ten snores while sleeping,

Nine blades entrancing,

Eight ARCs a sulking,

Seven gonks a gonking,

Six grumps complaining,

Five CALM irlings,

Four Tech-y words,

Three droid heads,

Two Wrecker hugs,

and Omegaaaa riding Muuuuchiiii!

Happy holidays, everyone! 🧡

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Candy Jar Books Announces New Lucy Wilson Anthology, The Twelve Days of Christmas

Candy Jar Books Announces New Lucy Wilson Anthology, The Twelve Days of Christmas

Get ready for the festivities with a new anthology of stories from Candy Jar Books starring Lucy Wilson, the Brigadier’s granddaughter! The Twelve Days of Christmas features twelve stories by author Steven Walton, all set just before Christmas 2021. The collection begins with Twelve Drummers Drumming and concludes with A Partridge in a Pear Tree, following the traditional English carol’s…

[alliterative-endlessknot]

It’s #GoCarolingDay! If you need some inspiration, how about watching our video about the carol “The 12 Days of Christmas”?

[maypoleman1]

30th December

St Egwin’s Day/ Five Gold Rings

Source: Handmade Charlotte website

Today is St Egwin’s Day. Egwin was a seventh century English saint about whom a number of far fetched tales are told. Denounced as a liar and a thief, Egwin proved his innocence through the unusual method of locking his own feet in manacles, walking to Rome and, when in the presence of the Pope, converting a fish he had bought into the key to his fetters. He founded Evesham Abbey and allegedly deflected a large clod of earth thrown by a jealous Satan at the new building by the power of prayer. The earth instead fell on Warwickshire where it was eventually named Meon Hill. Egwin also punished a group of ungodly blacksmiths who were rude to him by giving them tails. What allegories lie behind these odd stories are very difficult to discern.

Today is also the Fifth Day of Christmas on which, according to the old carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, the singer’s true love presents him or her with Five Gold Rings. The song originated as a Christmas game in which singers were required to remember and recite the growing number of daily gifts, and failure to do so resulted in elimination from the game. The first line ‘a Partridge in a Pear Tree’ is likely to be a mishearing: the original line was ‘a Part of a Juniper Tree’, a plant that gives off a sweet smell when burnt and apparently wards off evil spirits, which is a rather more logical Christmas gift than the famous partridge sitting in its pear tree.

[worksmarter4yourfuture]

The Twelve Days of Christmas - On the Twelfth Day

[doctorfriend79]

🎵 On the fourth day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, four Vampires from Venice... 🎵

🎵 On the fifth day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, five creepy Clowns… 🎵

🎵 On the sixth day of Christmas the Doctor gave to me, six Weeping Angels… 🎵