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
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364 gifts in total.
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There is no specific mention of anything unlucky during the twelve days of Christmas. The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a joyful and celebratory song that highlights the gifts given by a true love each day.
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In the traditional Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas," the cumulative number of gifts given over the twelve days totals 364. Each day, the gifts increase as the singer receives all the previous gifts plus a new one for that day. For example, on the first day, they receive one gift, on the second day, two new gifts plus the first, and so on, adding up to a total of 364 gifts by the end of the twelfth day.
Actually, no.In total, there are 364 gifts given on the Twelve Days of Christmas.1 + (1+2) + (1+2+3) . . .
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On November 26, 2012, the USA Today news corporation printed a story which contained an estimated price for all of the classic "Twelve Days of Christmas" gifts. The price was estimated at about $107,000.
You would have 78 gifts. 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 78.
The seventh is 'swans-a-swimming' and the tenth is 'lords-a-leaping'.
The Twelve Days of Christmas - 1993 TV is rated/received certificates of: Canada:G (Quebec) (video rating)