If you received all the gifts from the twelve days of Christmas how many gifts would you have?

If you received all the gifts as stated in the song for each day, you would actually have 364 gifts:

Partridges: 1 × 12 = 12

(one each day for 12 days)

Doves: 2 × 11 = 22

(two each day for 11 days)

Hens 3 × 10 = 30

Calling birds: 4 × 9 = 36

Golden rings: 5 × 8 = 40

Geese: 6 × 7 = 42

Swans: 7 × 6 = 42

Maids: 8 × 5 = 40

Ladies: 9 × 4 = 36

Lords: 10 × 3 = 30

Pipers: 11 × 2 = 22

Drummers: 12 × 1 = 12

Total = 364

78 is the total you would have for the 12th day only.

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Twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=78

You would have 78 gifts.