> I've just noticed something.
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> In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", the "true love" mentioned had a tendency to repeat certain presents.

Actually, upon hearing that song one of the last days, I started wondering how many items that would be all in all. And you've helped me out by listing them all. :-)


> After twelve days of Christmas, I will have recieved 12 drummers drumming, 22 pipers piping, 30 lords a-leaping, 36 ladies dancing, 40 maids a-milking, 42 swans a-swimming, 42 geese a-laying, 40 golden rings, 36 calling birds, 30 French hens, 22 turtle doves, and 12 partridges in a pear tree (or 12 partridges in 12 pear trees, you be the judge).

If we say 12 partridges in one pear tree, we've got 365 things, one for each day of the year. Pretty neat.

Trav"one more mystery solved"holt