This song refers to a real 12-day celebration and may have a hidden code. However, the actual "twelve days of Christmas" refer to a period of time starting on Christmas Day and ending on January 5.

Few Christmas songs can be as taxing as “Twelve Days of Christmas.” If caroling is not your thing, by the time you start singing about five golden rings you’re likely begging for the song to be over.

In late October 2023, a viral TikTok post referred to the lyrics of the popular Christmas song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" as an example of the "Mandela Effect," wherein people collectively ...

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” cemented its place in the holiday song canon after it appeared in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland. Although the song seems ...

The best Christmas music is heartwarming. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Canon” is a shockingly cynical rebrand of an earlier piece of classical music. The tune is awful — but it’ll stick ...