Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms 12 days of Christmas

How many gifts did Truelove send to his fiancè over the 12 days of Christmas?

364

First the partridges, each day for 12 days he gives 1 so 12 in total, then the turtle doves are 2 for 11 days so 22

So it is

1 x 12 + 2 x 11 + 3 x 10 etc.

1 X 12 = 12
2 X 11 = 22
3 X 10 = 30
4 X 9 = 36
5 X 8 = 40
6 X 7 = 42
7 X 6 = 42
8 X 5 = 40
9 X 4 = 36
10 X 3 = 30
11 X 2 = 22
12 X 1 = 12

Which total 364 and what she gets the most of are days 6 and 7 which are the geese a laying and swans a swimming.

I'd just got to 364 as well....😆

One for every day of the year except Christmas,

In Italy today, Epiphany, is the day when the Befana, an elderly woman, often displayed like a witch riding a broomstick, leaves gifts and sweets for good children and lumps of coal for the bad ones.

It is more or less the equivalent of Santa and the Christmas stockings

Strangely I can only recall the rugby club version in full guess the count is the same though