“The 12 Days of Christmas” is a song my in-laws love to hate. Unfortunately for them, it’s a song I’ve always loved. (Ross, I await your text message.) Although I enjoy it, I’ve never thought about ...

Many people consider “The Twelve Days of Christmas" to be a fun, non-religious song celebrating the Christmas season. The song tells of 12 gifts -- one given each day to someone’s true love throughout ...

That old English Christmas carol about 12 days of gifting holds certain intrigue for birders. After all, seven of the 12 gifts were birds. First published in England in 1780, “Twelve Days of Christmas ...

Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the ...

There’s a Christmas song titled "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that mentions a partridge in a pear tree. Did I find one in a Southeast Missouri fence row? The answer is no. Although there is a ...