Our ideas about the 12 days of Christmas may be innocuously incorrect.
For years my views on the 12 days of Christmas were shaped by a Christmas song that is, though entertaining, something of a marathon to sing. One year I even planned my Christmas giving based on popular views of the 12 days of Christmas. I gave 12 gifts to my wife, one for each day of Christmas, beginning with Dec. 14 (the supposed first day of Christmas) and ending on Christmas Day, the supposed 12th day of Christmas.
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