For the uninitiated who want to sing this version around their Christmas tree (also approved for Hanukkah celebrations), here is how the traditional “12 Days” is sung: You sing each of the song’s 12 lines, in ascending numerical order. But then you only repeat the “gifts” already received. For example: Start the song with “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a partridge in a pear tree.” But here is how your verse would sound in mid-song: “On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six geese-a-laying, five go-o-o-ld rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.” Try that format with today’s creation, below. Note that singers are expected to dra-a-ag out the syllables on the gift of the “5th Day of Christmas,” in this case “Five Glenn Young – kinnsss.” |
– On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
–A tax hike for you and for me
– On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Two Cuomos whining.
-On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Three Hunter “art” sales.
– On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Four Bidens grifting.
– On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Fi-i-i-ve Glenn Young – kinsss.
– On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Six CNN viewers.
– On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Seven Veeps a – cackling.
– On the eighth day of Christmas, BILL CLINTON gave to me:
– Eight maids-a-milking. (We had to take one set of gifts from the original song!)
– On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Nine fake Times headlines.
– On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Ten percent inflation.
– On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Eleven phony ballots .
– On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
– Twelve worldwide crises.
Yuletide blessings for the Christmas and Hannukah seasons to all “Top Ten” readers and your families, and good tidings to all for 2022.
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