Dec. 17, 2007 - fun christmas gift
Since we never have enough money and it's hard to buy for my husband, two years ago I thought of a fun gift. The twelve days of Christmas - I started before Christmas but really they are from Dec 25th to Jan 6th which we celebrate the Three Kings Day. Someone said, maybe it was wikipedia, that the song originally came when people were hiding their Christian religion. Anyways, I thought I'd pass this along to anyone who needs ideas for their husband or wife. We gave him the gifts when he came home every night - around dinnertime. He liked guessing what we would do next. First day - a partridge in a pair tree - we put a stuffed bird toy in one of our winter bare trees and put some pears up too, which we enjoyed eating. Second day - two turtledoves - we ate some of those turtle chocolate candies Third day - three French hens - I made French toast, but you could make French toast or even cook up some Cornish hens. Third day - three French hens - I made French toast, but you could make French toast or even cook up some Cornish hens. Fourth day - four calling birds - four calling cards which my husband loves to have Fifth day - five golden rings - onion rings Sixth day - six geese a laying - six eggs that we cooked up for everyone for dinner Seventh day - seven swans a swimming - I put my kids in the tub with a bunch of rubber duckies so we'd total seven (the kids included as swans/ducks) Eighth day - eight maids a milking - I think I put on an apron and put some on the kids and served up some milk Ninth day - nine ladies dancing - I videotaped an aerobics class from TV and it happened to be a dance routine with exactly eight women so when I danced in front of it we made nine. Ten day - ten lords a leaping - well me and the kids just jumped around singing the song Eleventh day - eleven pipers piping - me and the kids played recorders and flutes - sounded horrible Twelfth day - twelve drummers drumming - me and the kids banged on some drums and pots and pans. Well I hope someone may find this useful. It was fun and made my husband feel loved which is the best gift. Now, what to get him this year?
