If you happen to like our videos and have a few →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Truth About the Origin of the Candy Cane https://youtu.be/oyjaUMbfaac?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 Is the Happiest Man in China Photo Real or Fake? https://youtu.be/gSeqGL-CZ_c?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: Even the most ardent fans of Christmas will agree – the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” does not make a whole lot of sense. What is a partridge doing in a pear tree? Partridges are ground-nesting birds! So where did perhaps the most earworm inducing Christmas song in history come from, and why are there twelve days in it, instead of just one? Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/12/making-sense-holiday-song-12-days-christmas/ Sources: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/advent/customs-and-traditions/the-history-of-the-twelve-days-of-christmas/ http://www.catholic.org/advent/advent.php?id=2 http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-22/news/vw-6748_1_love-song http://mentalfloss.com/article/32015/12-things-you-might-not-know-about-twelve-days-christmas http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/12-days-of-christmas/421425/ https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Partridge/lifehistory http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-catechism-of-the-catholic-church.cfm http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/2008/august/real-twelve-days-of-christmas.html https://www.britannica.com/event/Penal-Laws http://scua.library.umass.edu/umarmot/phinney-edward/ https://historymyths.wordpress.com/tag/mirth-without-mischief/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/health-con