On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A tire swing in an oak tree
Photo credit – Derek Buff. License – CC BY-NC 2.0
On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the third day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the sixth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the eighth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Eight trees for climbing
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
Photo credit – Oliver Hammond. License – CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
On the ninth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Nine fields for running
Eight trees for climbing
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the tenth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Ten rocks for scaling
Nine fields for running
Eight trees for climbing
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
On the eleventh day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Eleven see-saws sawing
Ten rocks for scaling
Nine fields for running
Eight trees for climbing
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
Photo credit – Vaughn Hannon. License – CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Twelve messy mudholes
Eleven see-saws sawing
Ten rocks for scaling
Nine fields for running
Eight trees for climbing
Seven roundabouts a rounding
Six slides a slipping
Five hollow logs
Four splashing pads
Three monkey bars
Two spring riders
And a tire swing in an oak tree
PlayGroundology 
Alex
Not bad
Dad
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Yes, just a wee bit of Yuletide fun….
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Love this! Hope you are having a great holiday==Mara
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Thanks, it was a bit of fun figuring out what twelve to pop in the lyrics. Our Christmas is going great, good family time with a little flu like sickness sprinkled in for good measure. Hope you are having good times with family and friends Mara. Thanks for the note and all the best in 2013. Cheers, Alex
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What, no video of you singing?? ::grin::
All the best in 2013!!
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Thanks E.W. all the best to you too in 2013. We’ve had a Xmas full of flu and fevers – just getting over it now. Not the best timing but the kids are still smiling.
As for the singing a solo a cappella, that might be pretty scary. I’m thinking of doing a duet with my 5-year-old daughter for next Xmas – stay tuned. Cheers, Alex
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I particularly like the Carved log, but then I would… I carved it !!
There is more where that came from, please check out http://www.touchwoodenterprises.co.uk
Thanks for the great Blog
Nick Sneller
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Hi Nick, all the best in 2013. Here’s a link to the original post I did on your awesome log – https://playgroundology.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/edens-fallen-log-2/. I’d love to have one of them in the backyard for the kids. Hope all is going well with Touchwood. Cheers, Alex
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