The twelve days of Christmas

Song activity by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

Match the words below with the pictures:

Calling bird		Lord (a) leaping
Drummer drumming	12	Maid (a) milking
French hen		Partridge in a pear tree
Golden ring		Piper piping
Goose (a) laying (plural = geese)		Swan (a) swimming
Lady dancing		Turtle dove

The Twelve Days of Christmas Crossword

by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com).

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1. 'Perdiz'                                                                   1. 'Pera'.

5. Someone who plays the drums.                            2. 'Tartaruga'.

7. 'Avore'                                                                   3. These birds represent peace.

8. 'Aneis'                                                                    4. Members of the nobility.

9. The plural of 'ganso'                                              5. Moving in time to music.

11. 'passaros'.                                                             6. Empregadas domesticas

12. 'Botando ovos'.                                                   10. You can do this in the sea, a pool or lake.

13. 'Ouro'                                                                   12. 'Damas'

15. This must happen before you can buy milk.        14. Another word for 'jumping'

17. People who play the bagpipes.                            16. The adjective for 'France'.

19. What 5 across does.                                            17. What 17 across do.

20. 'Galinha'.                                                             18. 'Cisnes.'

21. 'Chamando'.

12 Days of Christmas

1909 arrangement of the traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.

On the first day of Christmas                                               On the eighth day of Christmas

my true love sent to me:                                            my true love sent to me:

A Partridge in a Pear Tree                                         Eight Maids a Milking

                                                                                   Seven Swans a Swimming

On the second day of Christmas                               Six Geese a Laying

my true love sent to me:                                            Five Golden Rings

Two Turtle Doves                                                      Four Calling Birds

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree                                   Three French Hens

                                                                                  Two Turtle Doves

On the third day of Christmas                                  and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

my true love sent to me:

Three French Hens                                                    On the ninth day of Christmas

Two Turtle Doves                                                     my true love sent to me:

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree                                   Nine Ladies Dancing

                                                                                  Eight Maids a Milking

On the fourth day of Christmas                                .................................

my true love sent to me:                                            and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Four Calling Birds

Three French Hens                                                    On the tenth day of Christmas

Two Turtle Doves                                                     my true love sent to me:

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree                                   Ten Lords a Leaping

                                                                                  Nine Ladies Dancing

On the fifth day of Christmas                                              .................................

my true love sent to me:                                            and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Five Golden Rings

Four Calling Birds                                                     On the eleventh day of Christmas

Three French Hens                                                    my true love sent to me:

Two Turtle Doves                                                     Eleven Pipers Piping

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree                                   Ten Lords a Leaping

                                                                                  .................................

On the sixth day of Christmas                                  and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

my true love sent to me:

Six Geese a Laying                                                   On the twelfth day of Christmas

Five Golden Rings                                                    my true love sent to me:

Four Calling Birds                                                     12 Drummers Drumming

Three French Hens                                                    Eleven Pipers Piping

Two Turtle Doves                                                     Ten Lords a Leaping

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree                                   Nine Ladies Dancing

                                                                                  Eight Maids a Milking

On the seventh day of Christmas                              Seven Swans a Swimming

my true love sent to me:                                            Six Geese a Laying

Seven Swans a Swimming                                        Five Golden Rings

Six Geese a Laying                                                   Four Calling Birds

Five Golden Rings                                                    Three French Hens

Four Calling Birds                                                     Two Turtle Doves

Three French Hens                                                    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Two Turtle Doves

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

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