If you received all the gifts from the twelve days of Christmas how many gifts would you have?

Answer 1

If you received all the gifts as stated in the song for each day, you would actually have 364 gifts:

Partridges: 1 × 12 = 12

(one each day for 12 days)

Doves: 2 × 11 = 22

(two each day for 11 days)

Hens 3 × 10 = 30

Calling birds: 4 × 9 = 36

Golden rings: 5 × 8 = 40

Geese: 6 × 7 = 42

Swans: 7 × 6 = 42

Maids: 8 × 5 = 40

Ladies: 9 × 4 = 36

Lords: 10 × 3 = 30

Pipers: 11 × 2 = 22

Drummers: 12 × 1 = 12

Total = 364

78 is the total you would have for the 12th day only.

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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!

12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=78

You would have 78 gifts.