There were 7 swans swimming!
There were 7 swans a swimming in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
6 (partridge, turtle doves, French hen, calling birds, geese alaying, swans aswimming)
7
In "Twelve Days of Christmas", there were "six geese a-laying".
There are seven swans swimming in the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. The song is an English Christmas carol, first published in 1780.
Seven Swans a Swimming
The seventh is 'swans-a-swimming' and the tenth is 'lords-a-leaping'.
7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments.
Possibly Japan? Origami (paper) swans (and cranes) are popular there, and some people might use them to decorate a tree.
Swans are most popular in the summer because of the heat
It is 7 Swans A-swimming. Incidentally, this refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments. There is more written between the lines that most people realise, and based on Christianity.
There are six different winged animals, or 23 total, in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas: 1 partridge 2 turtle doves 3 french hens 4 colly birds 6 geese-a-laying 7 swans-a-swimming