12 days of christmas ~ an alternative version!

Merry Christmas Stickitoffee :o)

Merry Christmas Pip :o)

this is lovely..are you going to try and go to twelve ?..that will be a challenge..I hope you do.:o))

LOL. Thought you were going to do all the days.....and wondered how confusing that was going to get!! That reminds me of the same carol, different words that 9 of us put together on a felluca on the Nile, might look it up, it was very funny! Happy Christmas, festive season and a brilliant 2011.

Next photo.... I challenge you ...

"Six starlings playing" ..

when you've added that photo, I'll give you the next caption ... for number 7 ... ;o)

and 6 golden rings ........................... lol happy christmas , gone in faves xxxxxx

A Happy Christmas to you Stickitoffee lovely blog.

I was just in the local garden centre and they were playing birdsong over the sound system --but-- there on top of a stand-- singing his little heart out --was a robin with an audience of fascinated shoppers.......

Merry xmas...

thank you everyone ~ yes im hoping to continue it ~ i dont have starlings tho! i have something else for 6 after that i shall be struggling but as you can see i have now learned to select a part of a photo so that should help??
please put your carol on lulu ~ i would love to read it!

nice one sticki, i will await the rest now lol, :o) happy xmas

Funnily enough the album is in this very room, I will go fetch it....written in 1986!!.....In Eygypt, on a boat, 9 people ALL from a different country.

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love said to me..
12 Fiesty Arabs
11 squating toilets (sorry but true!)
10 Crumbling pyramids
9 Felluca travellers
7 Falafel from Cairo
6 Belly dancers
5 Fleas of camels
4 Smoking Beduins
3 Swaying palms
2 Nubian princes
And an Oogie Boogie from The Nile (shouted very loudly!!)

Oogie Boogie was a made up name for an illness gotten from the Nile which the name for we kept forgetting, so we called it The Oogie Boogie Bug!! (it was Bilhartsia, not nice!) It was a week before Christmas when we sang this, the Egyptians must have thought we were nuts!!

Brilliant blog Sticki, love the pictures, Merry Christmas to you and yours.

thanks yorkshire and lulu ~ i can imagine that was a great trip to be on ~ especially with the singing!
thanks too sanbaz

lovely blog Sticki--- can't wait for the 'other half'

great blog Stick but i was cut off mid song you cant leave me like this lol..:o))

Lovely blog Sticki, I found myself singing along, sure my daughter thinks I`ve lost the plot,lol, well done, I`m looking forward to seeing what you come up with next...
Merry Christmas to you .......

thank you for all your very kind comments, i would love to have heard that robin pam
joanella and lincslass you should be doing a duet ~ do you have a youtube site?

Merry Christmas Sticky what a wonderful Robin Pic Hope you have a brilliant Holiday my friend.............

he was a lucky chance ~ hadnt long had the camera and couldnt believe he was sitting so near!
thank you milky

Tee hee, I like the new additions :o))))

glad you like them ~ im going thru the year gradually ~ so 9 was from september!!

Aawww, lovely Sticki. Pretty pics too!

thank you!

clever Sticki!--definitly worth 9 lives ^-^

im not a clever stick but thanks for the thought pam!!

LOL

Has the postman delivered your mail yet..? ;o)

i think he is trudging up the path now!!!
will have to go and check ~ see if he wants a cup of tea!!! as it happens i know our postman ~ he used to play the guitar in a band where my youngest was the drummer!!

Maybe the postman will entertain you by singing all of the 12 days ;o)
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what a good idea ~ he has been now!!
dont think he did the singing tho ~ have to get my new daughter in law to be to sing it ~ she can sing!!!

the original version of this is one we used to get the children to do at school the Head used to get the whole school to join in ~ every class had a number eg: one year 6 would be 'a partridge in a pear tree' all the way down to reception who would be '12 lords a-leaping' and every time that phrase came up the whole class stood up and sang it out very loudly ~ it was great fun.

on sunday ( weather permitting) we're going to a christmas lunch --over 200 people including children & Santa, each table has a note telling you which verse you are * we've been lucky in other years to be high numbers*-you then stand and sing the verse in turn -- with actions -- If you're the partridge its exhausting!!!-- but good fun ;O))

That's a good idea, with different classes/groups taking turns to sing... :o)

thats the idea pam ~ and yes TT; very exhausting for partridges thats why it was given to the oldest children!!

Lol.... that makes sense :o)

excellent !! ;-))

thank you!

MMMM turkish delight looks yum, I've loved your journey through the year Sticki, have a good Christmas!

* * * * * Merry Christmas Sticki* * * * *

thanks for a really lovely festive blog Pam xxx

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does that look like a reindeer? or a snowman?

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three stars ... :o) x

thanks TT
i think my snowman has gone wonky ~ those symbols were all lined up!!!

Snowman going wonky ?
Melting fast is he ??
Hot and sunny in Worcs is it ?
Put the kettle on...
...we're all heading in your direction with our bikinis... ;o)

come on down! but we have 2 or 3 inches of snow ~ fell this morning.

just watching saturday kitchen [james martin easy on the eyes! ~ and a good cook] james has just suggested sticky toffee pudding for christmas day!!!

haha love it ☺☺☺ Merry Christmas to you :):):)

oh good ~ thank you!!

Brilliant blog Sticki ... well done. Happy Christmas to you. : o )

Excellent!!!!! The Turkish delight loks lovely: as always, it is on my Christmas list so hopefully I will get at least 3 boxes plus some chocolate ginger as well.
Oh and a bottle of Amarula to wash them down....

thanks shirley and geraniumdad ~ i made that turkish delight ~ and it was delightful!!! very morish!!! sounds like you will have a very good christmas GD ~ whats amarula?

I checked and it's a cream liqueur, Sticki.

Just popped in to say what a lovely blog this was. Sorry I'm late! :-))

cream liqueur sounds very good ~ thank you spritz

The fruit to make the liqueur is eaten by elephants when it is fermenting and they get sloshed! The liqueur is really nice.

have the elephants trodden on it before we drink it? what flavour is it?
must be a jumbo drink?

The fruit is picked before the elephants get to it. It is a fruity taste: I don't think it tastes similar to other cream liqueurs. If you type in an internet search for Amarula you can find out all sorts of info. As you are a dab hand at cooking, I bet you could find some recipes you could use it in.

might prefer it neat???
always good poured on ice cream tho!??

I like to have some in my hot chocolate and have been known to have some on my muesli! I only ever have some at Christmas: if you get a chance, try some.
By the way, this blog has inspired me to try something similar with apologies to Sir Cliff Richard. Hopefully, it will be finished in the next few days if I am still awake!
2 staff down at work until middle of January (out of 10 of us) and several others not well at all. I will be working most of Christmas yet again. The animals need feeding and looking after, more so during this cold weather.

i think you deserve some in your hot chocolate!!! i shall certainly try that! seems a very good idea ~ back to work tomorrow but worn out now and its too quiet now sons have gone.
i shall look forward to your blog GD