{"id":1078,"date":"2015-12-01T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2015-12-01T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:55:47","slug":"on-the-days-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/01\/on-the-days-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"On the days before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-scene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1082\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-scene.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas scene\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-scene.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-scene-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Since the holiday season is now upon us I thought a nice little ditty (song) would be nice. So here it is and it is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.41051.com\/xmaslyrics\/twelvedays.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Twelve days of Christmas<\/a> song. I hope you enjoy it!<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>The Twenty Five Days before Christmas<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 25<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love said to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Will put up the lights on the outside of house for me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 24<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me to<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Put up the fake artificial Christmas tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love mentioned to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To remember to buy her a wreath for the front door to go along with the Christmas tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To go mail the Christmas cards by the tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 21<sup>st<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love asked me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To call all our friends to invite them to our Christmas Eve party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 20<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love asked me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When will you throw out that old set of lights?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">And buy a new one with LEDs for the old tangled set is a sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 19<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love said to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Where are my tree ornaments?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 18<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To go buy logs for the Yuletide Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 17<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love mentioned to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">That I needed to go buy some more Christmas cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 16<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love asked me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">What kind of present would she find under the tree?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 15<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love said to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Where the hell is is my Christmas dress?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 14<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">To go out with her to buy a Christmas tree!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 13<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love yelled at me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Get that old ratty artificial Christmas tree out of the house!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 12<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love mentioned to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">That she wanted an expensive Christmas present this year or that would be the end of me!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 11<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Her Mother would be staying with us this Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 10<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love demanded of me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">That I cleanup my man cave before her Mother arrives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 9<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love asked me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">If I had bought any presents for her Mother to put under the tree?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 8<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love yelled at me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">You cheap SOB, where are all the presents that you should have bought by now!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 7<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love said to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Why don\u2019t you go buy a new car to pick up my Mother in, instead of that piece of junk we have now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 6<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love threw at me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A very big glass vase because I hadn\u2019t bought any flowers for her from me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 5<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love told me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Get this house cleaned up, you stupid old SOB!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 4<sup>th<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love pointed out to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">That the house was still not up to her standards of cleanliness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love yelled at me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Where in the hell is the Christmas goose that I told you to go pickup?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;\">On the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> day before Christmas my true love demanded of me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; 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