Tahitian’s 12 Days of Christmas
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
December 25, 2015 3:28pm CST
On the first day of Christmas my Tahitian family gave to me 1 baby dog
On the second day of Christmas I received 2 Grass skirts
On the Third day of Christmas I received 3 Pineapple Rum Drinks in coconut shells
On the forth day of Christmas I received 4 ukuleles
On the fifth day of Christmas I received 5 coconut bras
On the sixth day of Christmas I received 6 rams for ramming
On the seventh day of Christmas I received 7 dog for train
On the eight day of Christmas I received 8 horses to ride
On the ninth day of Christmas I received 9 paddlers for my canoe
On the tenth day of Christmas I received 10 shots of Pineapple Rum
On the eleventh day of Christmas I received 11 cartoon of Tahiti Rum drink
On the twelfth day I received 12 bottles of Hinano beer time 3
On the day after Christmas I was taken to detox and this is where I’ll spend the rest of the year. Too much celebrating, too much to eat and too much to drink.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Dec 15
Oh excellent Ann. This is the British equivalent:
On the first day of Christmas my country gave to me a useless Prime Minster
On the second day of Christmas my country gave to me 2 weeks of continuous rain
On the third day of Christmas my country gave to me 3 demands of Income Tax
On the fourth day of Christmas my country gave to me 4 home repossessions in every town
On the fifth day of Christmas my country gave to 5 long queues
On the sixth day of Christmas my country gave to me 6 railway networks that never run on time
On the seventh day of Christmas my country gave to me 7 more restrictions on Free Speech
On the eighth day of Christmas my country gave to me 8 more instances of Government corruption
On the ninth day of Christmas my country gave to me 9 new Government departments
On the tenth day of Christmas my country gave to me 10 more reports of Football hooliganism
On the eleventh day of Christmas my country gave to me 11 new pointless laws
On the twelfth day of Christmas my country gave to me 12 new surveillance cameras to monitor me
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as in Skirts made of Grass 
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
26 Dec 15
Loved that and i'm sure in the real world many people really are heading to rehab to detox..
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Yes this one could be true. I know on Christmas Eve here it is a family event but then there are some who make it a drinking event too if they don't have kids. So I guess it happens everywhere and this is to be expected this time of year. I'm glad you liked this one so much and had a good laugh on it.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
28 Dec 15
@poehere Sounds like it was an awesome night of fun. I am looking forward to new years eve for all the fun and excitement. I will be drinking, one of only two times I drink a year. I know it will be a late night and nothing wrong with that.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Dec 15
Ha ha, that is a good one. I hope your Christmas day has been a good one.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Dec 15
@poehere We traveled 2 hours to my parents house. It was good seeing them and seeing my sister, her husband and their daughter (my niece). It is very unseasonably warm here. It feels almost like Spring when it should start being cold and Winter like. The whole holiday has been odd (but good in that we spent time with family).
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
@LeaPea2417 I have been so use to this one for years now. I live in the tropics and this is our summer season. So here the holiday is so different. but I can see if you live in a cold country it can feel strange to not have a cold Christmas. I sure hope it won't turn quickly and you will have a cold front move in and then another one. I know this can happen too and it all depends on the year and the weather on this one.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Dec 15
This reminds me of a version released years ago by the guy who plays the Father Jack character in the TV comedy series "Father Ted". There are versions that show the lyrics if you find it hard to follow the speech in this one.
Here is my interpretation on one of my favorite renditions of the 12 Days of Christmas. The Singer is Frank Kelly (Father Jack from the TV series of Father T...
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
I just woke up to a very good laugh today. Now this one is adorable and so cute. I was not expecting this one but it was worth hearing it all. I had a great laugh on this one and enjoyed it ever so much. Glad you liked mine and it was fun making it up and writing it to give everyone a good laugh yesterday.1 person likes this
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
26 Dec 15
Too much ho, ho, ho when you needed to say no, no, no. Wishing that you had a Merry Christmas.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Really I didn't get all of this. I just wanted to make everyone laugh today and I was thinking of time Christmas I had in Hawaii and how they turned the 12 days into a Hawaiian song. So I decided to make a Tahitian one for us today.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Yes I can see how this one would happen. But really we don't celebrate 12 days of Christmas and I am not even sure how it ever came about. But it was funny to write and get a good laugh out of this one. I had a good time here on the islands and we had a lot of good music, dancing and laughing. But we can't forget all the food too.
@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Dec 15
hey, at least you'll be ready for 2016 .... or will you?? 
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
@rebelann Oh no then you are missing out on the other 4. I was given 9 of them to paddle my canoe. How lucky could a girl be to receive such a wonderful gift on the 9th day of Christmas. Man when I got this I had to run to the lagoon and have them take me on an island tour. I made them paddle for hours so I could see all the muscles and sweat coming off them. 
Oh what a site that one was.
Oh what a site that one was.1 person likes this
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Yes I'll be ready for 2016 and looks like we'll be spending it here. Unless a miracles arrives this coming week we still have a lot of work to finish up. We are trying to shoot for the 7th or 8th to finish up here and go home.
I thought people would like a bit of Tahitian humor today.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Thank you so much. Hope you have a smile on your face. Guess what I'm not in detox I am getting ready to go back to work and more than likely try to catch up for 2 days off. We want to finish up here so back in today and back to work. 
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Dec 15
I am trying to imagine one using that many coconut bras, lol
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Not sure many people could live through this one. It was just funny to think of this and write it. I had a good laugh writing it all and sharing it here. I am so happy you found this one funny and you laughed at the images of all this.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
Yah well I guess if I did get all of this it would of been off to detox for sure. But instead it is up early and preparing to leave to the office to go and work on some more hard drive recoveries. No more fun for a few more days. Will need to go and get busy again today so hopefully we can finish up here soon and go home.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
26 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 Yes it did. We went swimming on the sand bar and came in. Dinner didn't take too long to cook this night and I did it myself. Took me around 2 hours to do it all. Only because it took that long to heat up the smoked turkey through and through so there was no need to spend hours cooking a raw one. We got a smoked one and it was delicious. We had the major big bang blow out with 60 people on Christmas Eve. So yesterday was just the family I am staying with and the 4 of us staying here while we are working. So it was nice and a lot of fun. Quiet and relaxing and everyone had a great dinner last night. I made the smoked turkey, rice and stale bread stuffing, Tahitian potatoes, some broccoli, and a gravy for all of this. That was it and everyone loved it and had more than enough to eat. It was great and a wonderful relaxing day for all of us here.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Dec 15
@poehere Hope your day went well
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec 15
Good grief girl! Did detox work? LOL All that activity and drinking. Ugh!
@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Dec 15
@poehere ....Just being sily. I have been wanting Hot Buttered Rum. Too expensive to get but maybe next year.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Dec 15
@celticeagle Yum that one does sound good. I like the Tahitian drink we have here on the islands it is made from pineapple rum and it is very delicious. We also have some rum pineapple chunks and slices and these are very good too. I use to get them all the time but I haven't bought any in a while.
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
25 Dec 15
If I had those rum drinks, I would be a flying reindeer for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend.
I got a bunch of movies and very happy with them, watching them now.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Dec 15
Thank you so much. I left you a Christmas message on another post I had written. I think you'll love this one -
Merry Christmas and I'm so happy you have a lot of films to watch today. it is always fun to get a lot of films to watch.
For the next few days we need to put aside all the complaints, blocking, and pointing fingers. We should try and remember this is the season to spread happiness...
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
25 Dec 15
@poehere Thank you darling friend will go have a look now
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Dec 15
@TiarasOceanView I had a wonderful time last night with the family we are staying with. There was a lot of music and fun this night. I thought of this one when they were joking around and playing around last night. I thought it would be funny to add it here today.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
26 Dec 15
@poehere I would have loved to give it a try a few days ago - but glad the day is over, so I shall just enjoy all of you having fun with the 12 days - Maybe we should do a 12 days AFTER Christmas one - Returning gifts, overeating, laziness, travel, build up to New Year. That could be interesting
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
It looks like a fun and memorable (if you can remember) your twelve days of Christmas.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
@poehere I figured that out but I enjoyed reading it.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate Thank you so much. I think one person actually thought I was going to detox after all of this. He wanted to make a joke of it then decided against it when he said I had wrote about going to detox after all this drinking.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Dec 15
This was a lot of fun to read. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a Happy New Year too.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Dec 15
Thank you so much. It was fun to write and I hope a lot of people got a good laugh out of this one. I know it will never be made into a song that will hit the charts like the original 12 days of Christmas did way back then but it ws funny no matter what.
You too have a wonderful new year and I wish you and your family a year filled with happiness.
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