Well here I was, a nice protestant boy growing up in the northern wild of British Columbia
Now, where I come from it always appeared to me that Christmas landed on the 25th and that was that, plain and simple
These 12 days of Christmas some people talk about was nothing more than some tom-foolery about french hens and drummers and maids a milking
No true love of mine would ever take a shine to me if I pranced that parade around
When I was about 25, I met a real nice catholic girl
She says to me, "boy, dont you know this is too rich a season to celebrate just one day?"
I said, "well, Im sorry miss but that just how I was taught"
She said, “well have I got a thing or two to teach you” and then she told me, she tried to set me straight she said ...

Why take a day, when you could have a dozen
Christ is born, let the feasts keep coming
Those Catholics might know a think or two
Why take a day when you could have a dozen

It seemed to me that after all that buying and wrapping sometimes the Christmas day felt a bit anticlimactic
In the tryptophan hangover while going to buy even more items the very next day I started to wonder who this holiday is really about
Well man oh man, I married that girl, and after my first Christmas with her I felt a new man
I mean a whole twelve days of singing, and eating, and drinking does the soul good
That fine time of peace the angels told unto those shepherds was worth sittin’ on
Immanuel they called him, God with us
I guess if the good Lord went to such an effort to be with us, it felt good an' right to take some time to be with him
By golly, I think everyone should marry a Catholic!

Why take a day, when you could have a dozen
Christ is born, let the feasts keep coming
Those Catholics might know a think or two
Why take a day when you could have a dozen

Well the new year was rung in with a whistle and a hoot and yet this Christmas season was but half done
Reminds me of those Jewish weddings, where a whole week the bride and groom put on some party
Music plays long and the wine flows freely and a whole community celebrates their family joining together with another
Well, what a great idea for the wedding procession of Christ and his bride to have each year
A dozen delightful days to celebrate such a joyous union, heaven and earth if you could believe it
If there can be twelve tribes and twelve disciples I reckon twelve days sounds about right
So don’t let no one short-change ya
Next time someone tells ya to turn down that music after the 25th, or you see Christmas trees tossed at the end of the driveway,
You just go up to em’ and tell em’

Why take a day, when you could have a dozen
Christ is born, let the feasts keep coming
Those Catholics might know a think or two
Why take a day when you could have a dozen