The twelve days of Christmas are a traditional holiday song that originated in England and is now popular around the world. The song has different verses for each of the twelve days leading up to Christmas, each describing a different gift given by the true love of the singer. The song includes gifts such as a partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three french hens, four calling birds, five golden rings, six geese a-laying, seven swans a-swimming, eight maids a-milking, nine ladies dancing, ten lords a-leaping, eleven pipers piping, and twelve drummers drumming.