how many presents are in the 12 days of christmas

That's a tough one. It depends on who's counting and how you're defining a "present". If we're counting each individual gift (like a partridge in a pear tree), then there are 364 presents in the 12 days of Christmas. But if we're counting the total number of gift-giving events, then there are only 12 presents in the 12 days of Christmas. What do you think?