The most maligned Christmas Carol

There was a time when The Twelve Days of Christmas was a revered Christmas Carol. Those days are gone. The original gifts that my true love sent were, 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 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. Try and read that sentence without singing the last four. The list has been changed and changed. From Alan Sherman to Ozzie Osborne it seems that everyone wants to put their own touch on the gifts.
Here are just a few.
Jeff Foxworthy Redneck 12 Days of Christmas,
Frank Sinatra 12 Days of Christmas,
Bob and Doug McKenzie 12 Days of Christmas,
Andy Williams A Song and a Christmas Tree,
Twisted Sister Heavy Metal Christmas,

Some, like The Chipmunks and John Denver with the Muppets, kept the song in it's original form. Based on the original list, you will see each year, in the newspapers, (http://www.saratogian.com/ ) what it would cost to send your true love the gifts. The Irish take on this is Frank Kelly's Count down to Christmas, the thank you notes to his true love Nuala, for her gifts. You can imagine how quickly he went from happy to angry over the 12 days.

The other question, most often asked about this song is, what are the 12 days? Bob and Doug tried to explain that in their song. According to the McKenzie brothers the days are, Christmas and Christmas eve, boxing day, New years and New Years eve, two Saturdays and Sundays in there, and the other three days are the mystery days. (the real 12 days are from Christmas to the Epiphany)

So what ever version you want to listen to pay attention because there will be a lot of good ideas for gifts

Doug: Boy that song was a beauty. It moved me...
Bob: Yeah, I think it ranks up there with Stairway to Heaven