what is meaning of 12 days of christmas

The "12 Days of Christmas" is a classic Christmas carol that originated in England during the 18th century. The carol describes a series of increasingly lavish gifts given to a lover on each of the 12 days leading up to Christmas. The gifts include things like partridges in pear trees, maids a-milking, lords a-leaping, and so on. The song is often used to represent the joy and excitement of the Christmas season and is often performed as a round or repeated several times in succession.