While the Twelve Days of Christmas traditionally begin on Christmas Day, the Furkids prefer their Twelve Days to begin twelve days before Catmas. If you missed the first one, you can find it here:
The First Day of Catmas
If you’re familiar with the ways of the Furkids, you’ll know that they bring their own unique perception to the world, including music, and Catmas songs are no exception. On the First Day, they replaced both the partridge and the pear tree (and for those who may be wondering, a gumtree is Aussie for eucalyptus tree), and as for their Second Day, it isn’t quite turtle doves… well you’ll see what I mean when you get to it.
Ready? Press play, scroll down and sing along to the furkids’ lyrics!
The Third Day will post a few minutes after the regular Sunday column, so you’ll get a double dose of the Furkids tomorrow!
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Before we get too far into this, I have wondered about that song since I was a cynical little kid so I’ll ask you Michelle. On Christmas Day, will I end up with 24 turtle “doves” and a dozen koalas? Is it cumulative or merely redundant?! 🤭😘
I’m sure the original lyricists intended it to be redundant. Repetitious lyrics and melodies were very popular in early folk songs and children’s rhymes, especially in music rounds where multiple voices sing the same melody, but each voice starts at a different time.
However, humourists love the idea of the gifts being cumulative. I wrote a piece on this very topic a decade or so ago. I think I still have a copy of it somewhere in my files. If our wonderful PolitiZoom Editor Ursula Faw happened to receive requests for it, I’m sure I could find it again. 😉
I just checked in with the Furkids and they tell me that only the koalas are cumulative so you’re going to need a dozen eucalyptus trees.
Beautiful and free Turtles, so soothing to see…Also enjoyed your comment section..lol
Thank you so much Michelle….hugs