# What's your favorite "12 Days of Christmas" parody? Post lyrics here!

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 25, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204 "2007-12-25T14:41:34Z")
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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/1 "2007-12-25T14:41:34Z")

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[The 12 Days of Phantom](http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ok-oV3uhdnA)

On the 12th Day of Christmas, The Phantom gave to me:

12 years in Phantom  
11 pyrotechnics  
10,000 cast changes  
9 cameras flashing  
8 tone deaf dancers  
7 candelabras  
6,6,6 a chandelier in pieces  
5 high DDDDDDDDDDDDDD’s  
4 fog machines  
3 pretty harmonies  
2 Christines (and the understudy)  
and a sweaty piece of porcelain on his face.

Only post the 12th day cause you know how the Mods are about these things.

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### Author: ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/2 "2007-12-25T23:31:20Z")

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My favorite is “The Twelve Pains of Christmas” by Bob Rivers, which I’m sure many Dopers are familiar with. Since each verse differs from the previous, I’ll post a link to the entire lyrics.

[The Twelve Pains of Christmas](http://www.links2love.com/lyrics-12-pains-of-christmas-song.htm)

I also love Allan Sherman’s treatment of the 12 days.

“On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…a Japanese transistor radio.It’s a Nakashuma. It’s the Mark 4 model - that’s the one that’s discontinued.”

[The 12 days by Allan Sherman](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/allan+sherman/the+twelve+days+of+christmas_20330779.html)

And let’s not forget the 12 days of Christmas by Bob and Doug MacKenzie. “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a beer…in a tree.”

[Bob and Doug’s 12 days](http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/hosers.php)

Merry Christmas, eh?

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### Author: ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/3 "2007-12-26T00:40:34Z")

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I have zero shame in admiting I truly love [A Twisted Christmas](http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Christmas-Sister/dp/B000ICLTKK) by Twisted Sister. (My sister took me to see them live a couple of days before Christmas last year and they rocked many of the songs from this album as well as my old favorites.)

From their version: (A Heavy Metal Christmas)

12 Silver crosses

11 Black mascaras

10 Pairs of platforms

9 Tattered t-shirts

8 Pentagrams

7 Leather jackets

6 Cans of hairspray

5 Skull earrings

4 Quarts of Jack

3 Studded belts

2 Pairs of spandex pants

And a tattoo of Ozzy!

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### Author: ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/4 "2007-12-26T01:04:43Z")

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[Janice Dickinson’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRRMfI4L4WE) fagulous version:

twelve boyfriends begging

eleven charges pending

ten gays a-primping

nine models prancing

eight techs a-waxing

seven docs injecting

six paparazzi

five naked men

four italian suits

three former husbands

two giant breasts

and a fledgling modeling agency

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### Author: ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/5 "2007-12-26T01:06:34Z")

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I like Fay McKay’s version, as an increasingly drunk woman. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFMBsppBVc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFMBsppBVc)

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### Author: ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/6 "2007-12-26T01:28:22Z")

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I came in here to mention the Allan Sherman version, but I distinctly remember the 5th day of Christmas as “A naked lady with a clock where her navel ought to be.”

My mom was an Allan Sherman devotee, and we listened to all those albums numerous times.

I readily acknowledge that my sibs and I just remembered it incorrectly.

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#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/7 "2007-12-26T07:01:12Z")

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[QUOTE=freckafree]  
I came in here to mention the Allan Sherman version, but I distinctly remember the 5th day of Christmas as “A naked lady with a clock where her navel ought to be.”

My mom was an Allan Sherman devotee, and we listened to all those albums numerous times.

I readily acknowledge that my sibs and I just remembered it incorrectly.  
[/QUOTE]

No, the 5th day is definitely “A statue of a lady with a clock where her stomach ought to be.” I have the recording on my computer and just listened to it again right after reading your post. Unless Sherman recorded a more risque version I’m not familiar with.

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### Author: ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/8 "2007-12-26T17:30:20Z")

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Council of Doom: On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me  
Black Widow: Leonard Nimoy Sings!  
Tansit: Four quesadillas!  
Lokar: Three reruns of “What’s Happening”.  
Metallus: Two plus eight is ten.  
Brak: Hi, my name is Brak!

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### Author: ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/9 "2007-12-26T18:36:16Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2Fe11OlMiz8/maxresdefault.jpg "Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)

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### Author: ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/10 "2007-12-26T19:08:19Z")

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[QUOTE=beagledave]

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2Fe11OlMiz8/maxresdefault.jpg "Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)

[/QUOTE]  
That was _genius_.

Rather than give it away, I’ll just say that the last change of melody had me laughing until there were tears in my eyes.

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### Author: ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/11 "2007-12-26T19:59:30Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]  
That was _genius_.

Rather than give it away, I’ll just say that the last change of melody had me laughing until there were tears in my eyes.  
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Yeah & the guy that puts his fist in the air with the great big smile on his face. That was great. I forwarded that link to my daughter’s high school choir director. They could pull that one off next year for sure!

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#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/12 "2007-12-26T20:08:56Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]

> [@beagledave](#):
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)

That was _genius_.  
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It makes more sense when the singers are holding sheet music.

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#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/13 "2007-12-26T20:15:45Z")

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[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD]  
They could pull that one off next year for sure!  
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They should use the version I saw by the US Navy Chorus. One guy was late with the sheet music, ran up the stairs to the stage, tripped, and dropped all his pages. The other guys gathered the pages, then they all proceeded singing as if the pages were put together in the wrong order and some other stuff got mixed in.

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### Author: ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/14 "2007-12-26T21:30:09Z")

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Anone who’s ever played Starcraft will appreciate [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6fhaJebvwE)

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#### Post date: [December 27, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/15 "2007-12-27T04:41:54Z")

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I really enjoy the BoyMongoose version: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE](http://youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE)

And I wrote this one last week:

**The 12 Days of Christmas, D&D Style**  
(“Wizards” is Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons & Dragons)

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Wizards gave to me  
Twelve hungry dragons  
Eleven revised classes  
Ten thousand new feats  
Ninth-level spells  
Eight-headed hydras  
Seven polyhedrals  
Six brand new splatbooks  
Five magic rings  
Fourth Edition  
Three henchmen  
Two purple worms  
And a Dungeon Master trying to kill me

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### Author: ![iamangelfriend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@iamangelfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamangelfriend)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/16 "2011-07-18T04:03:44Z")

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Metaphysical 12 Days of Christmas c 2010 Peter Anderson

1st… On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…. The Gift of Universal Prophecy

2nd Two Ouija Boards  
3rd Three Pendulums  
4th Four Tarot Decks  
5th Five Pyramids  
6th Six Hidden Records  
7th Seven Revelations  
8th Eight Mystic Symbols  
9th Nine Psychic Readings  
10th Ten Visitations  
11th Eleven Dancing Devas  
12th Twelve Healing Crystals

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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/17 "2011-07-18T14:54:50Z")

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Zombie Christmas thread in July? Man, I love this place!

2009 Carols for a Cure had an absolute gem from the cast of Jersey Boys. from what I remember:

One the 12th day of Christmas, my pisan gave to me:  
Seven fresh cannoli  
Six bowls of ziti  
Five golden chains\*  
Four Seasons singing  
Three muscle shirts  
Two pinkie rings  
And a ride in a Lamborgini

\*(“Why would you wear five at once?” “Why wouldn’t you”)

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#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/18 "2011-07-18T17:05:51Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> And let’s not forget the 12 days of Christmas by Bob and Doug MacKenzie. “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a beer…in a tree.”
> 
> [Bob and Doug’s 12 days](http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/hosers.php)
> 
> Merry Christmas, eh?

You beat me to it, eh!

And the bumper might be a Yooper, as I believe the Christmas-in-July thingy is revving up. 😛

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#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/19 "2011-07-18T17:25:00Z")

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A guilty pleasure: The Twelve Redneck Days of Christmas:

On the twelfth day of Christmas my old lady gave to me,

```
12 pack of Bud
11 rasslin' tickets
tin of Copenhagen
9 years probation
8 table dancers
7 packs of Red Man
6 cans of Spam
5 flannel shirts
4 big mud tires
3 shotgun shells
2 huntin' dawgs
and some parts to a Mustang GT.
```

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#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-12-days-of-christmas-parody-post-lyrics-here/431204/20 "2011-07-18T17:41:45Z")

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Here’s a cool animated video of [Bob and Doug MacKenzie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypd76zNJ5Xs) singing their version of the 12 Days.

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