The Twelve Days of Christmas

Do you find yourself humming Christmas songs at moments throughout the day? Have you tuned out most of the shopping music in the stores only to find that you're actually listening to that song? Is there a special song that immediately transports you to Christmases past?

For me that song is 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', one of the three or four songs that takes me back to the girl sitting on the floor of the living room wrapping presents, trying to be creative, and realizing that making bows was not her forte!

𝆕 On the twelfth day of Christmas

My true love gave to me 𝅘𝅥𝅯

Twelve drummers drumming

 

Eleven pipers piping

Ten lords a-leaping

Nine ladies dancing

Eight maids a-milking

Seven swans a-swimming

Six geese a-laying

Five golden rings

Four calling birds

Three French hens

Two turtle doves

And a partridge in a pear tree

I love the gold trim and the repeated use of holly, berries and ribbons on the verge of the plates. I love the details added to each design, and that the names of the days are written prettily in gold. I didn't mind a bit that they were collected over a number of years!

I styled three very different tables with these lovely dishes. To see the table done with days nine through twelve, go to Twelve Drummers Drumming. To view the one featuring days five through eight, go to On the Fifth Day of Christmas. And to visit the beginning of it all, see A Partridge in a Pear Tree!