I tinkered with the lyrics, you know the tune.
Everybody sing along!
On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 months of a patient husband
11 wandering characters
10 journals overflowing
9 thousand emails blinking
8 parties tempting
7 overdue library books
6 social networks friending
5 miles on the treadmill!!!
4 kids doing laundry
3 long to-do lists
2 pots of coffee
AND
1 killer novel deadline
What is your version of the song?
On the twelfth day of our road trip, my mommy gave to me…
12 feet of snow
11 hours of drinking
10 pots of coffee
9 hours of driving
8 smelly feet
7 tanks of gas
6 loads of laundry
5 tons of luggage
4 college students
3 buckets of fries
2 pounds of potatoes
—
and an empty keg of beer
Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!! Thank you!!!!!
12 napkin rings
11 ribbon bows
10 unwrapped boxes
9 rolls of paper
8 icy snow days
7 hours driving
6 special preludes
5 ex-tra guests. . .
4 office parties
3 trimmed trees
2 grandkids
and a freaked out Siamese cat.
Let’s see…
12 months left of school
11 bucks on my debit card
10 more pounds gained
9 minutes late to work
8 hours of cooking
7 friends a-calling
6 customers yelling
5 weeks of stress
4 worn out tires
3 hundred dollars short
2 dozen cookies baked
and
only one of my presents are wrapped
oh gosh…hmm…let’s see…this will be random…
12 times i wrote the presidents to practice for my history exam
11 times i tried to figure out my final grade for history
10 days since i got done with first semester
9 pictures i took with my best friend in rhode island
8 gigabytes i have left on my iPod (and i need to delete some songs)
7 days until new year’s eve
6 dozen cookies we baked for project share
5 days since my sister turned sixteen and got her permit
4 times i want to see alvin and the chipmunks
3 cats who won’t leave the christmas tree alone
2 weeks since i saw my best friend in rhode island
and this girl who’s excited for christmas!
Haha! Oh man. Seven or eight years ago, my mom and I collaborated on a parody of that song called “The 12 Days of Stemcells” ’cause my sister was in the hospital getting a stemcell transplant. I can’t remember how it goes, and the paper that it was written on is lost somewhere, which is a shame. It was really funny.
I think for “5”, it was something like “Five doctors on call!”