You know the song: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…. Let’s just skip to the last—and best—verse.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Newfie-drooling.jpeg)
Twelve Newfies drooling
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Dachshund-digging.jpeg)
Eleven Dachshunds digging
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Jack-Russell-leaping.jpeg)
Ten Jacks a-leaping
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Dancing-poodle.jpeg)
Nine Poodles dancing
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/whippet-running.jpeg)
Eight Whips a-running
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Lab-swimming.jpeg)
Seven Labs a-swimming
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hound-a-howling.jpeg)
Six Hounds a-howling
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/five-goldendoodles.jpeg)
Five Golden Doodles
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/border-collies.jpeg)
Four Border Collies
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/three-french-pugs.jpeg)
Three French Pugs
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Two-Mals.jpeg)
Two Maligators, and
![](https://paulamunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Persian-cat-art.jpeg)
A Persian peeing indiscriminately!
Happy holidays to you and yours!
Paula Munier
P.S. Need a last-minute gift idea or something to spend those Amazon gift cards on? My Mercy Carr mysteries are excellent options. I’m just saying…
“And a Persian looking down from a tree…” 🙂 😉