On the first day of Christmas, My true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas, My true love gave to me Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree.

In other old versions of the song, the partridge we all know and love is replaced with a "very pretty peacock upon a pear tree." It wasn't until 1909 that British composer Frederic Austin penned ...

But the song – which counts up from Christmas ... set of gifts from “Twelve Drummers Drumming” to a “Partridge in a Pear Tree” to see exactly how much it might cost a man to deliver ...

Turtle doves and the partridge in a pear tree are also immortalized in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” But climate change and habitat loss are taking a toll on many beloved animals we ...