the 12 days of an Australian Christmas....

After six weeks of Christmas everywhere I look

it has just  plain disappeared,

to hide away until next year

but

I am not finished with Christmas

for me it lasts until the eve 

of the epiphany January 5th

our Christmas decorations

 stay up until the twelfth day of Christmas

a tradition that has always been in my family

and thinking about that reminded me 

of one of my favourite Christmas songs

The Twelve days of Christmas

so I borrowed an

Australian version from

jaybees entertainment

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A kookaburra in a gum tree On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two cockatoos, and a kookaburra in a gum tree On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to meThree parakeets.........Two cockatoos, and a kookaburra in a gum tree On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to meFour great galahs,Three parakeets,Two cockatoos, and a kookaburra in a gum tree On the fifth  day of Christmas my true love sent to meFive opals black......(etc fill in the rest yourself  otherwise  my fingers will seize up!!!!) On the sixth  day of Christmas my true love sent to me Six 'roos a-jumping........ On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to meSeven emus running....... On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to meEight koalas clinging......... On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to meNine wombats waddling........ On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Ten dingoes dashing....... On the eleventh  day of Christmas my true love sent to me Eleven snakes a-sliding....... On the twelfth  day of Christmas my true love sent to me Twelve goannas going....... image via Rebecca Hamby with thanks you can see her here On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve goanna goin,  Eleven snakes a-sliding, Ten dingoes dashing,  Nine wombats waddling, Eight koalas clinging,  Seven emus running, Six 'roos a-jumping,  Five opals black, Four great galahs,  Three parakeets, Two cockatoos,  And a kookaburra up a gum tree. and all the images are from Google images Goodnight