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27.12.2023 - 14:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Christmas is over for another year, meaning the popular tunes that are played every festive season are starting to wind down.
One classic carol that many of us have probably sung at some point is 12 Days of Christmas - a well-known song detailing hundreds of gift that a person received from their 'true love'.
Featuring 12 verses, most of the presents are pretty self-explanatory, such as two turtle doves and six geese a-laying. But one line in the song carries a very different meaning to what it seems, and it's blown people's minds.
One of the most memorable parts of the song is undoubtedly the 'five golden rings' line. But it turns out that the person's true love did not in fact give them five pieces of shiny jewellery, according to one woman on X, formerly known as Twitter.
User @AnnaGHughes shared her revelation on social media, saying: "Learning that "five gooolden riings" is not in fact referring to 5 literal golden rings, but to five ring-necked pheasants, aka more birds".
Other gifts mentioned in the song include hens, turtle doves, calling birds, swans, and of course a partridge in a pear tree.
This has left people wondering why on earth so many birds had been given as a festive gift for the person in the song.
In the post's replies, one person said: "Wait. What. How many damn birds are in this song????"
Another added: "I read this out loud to my partner and he shouted “No!” as if i had just told him Christmas was canceled forever".
And a third questioned: "The one good present is actually birds?"
However, some people were quick to explain that Anna's theory was nothing more than a rumour.
One person said: "Doesn't seem likely: the first illustration was of five gold rings, I can't find any reference to pheasants with
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