favorite holiday melodies and the stories of their origin
Menendez, Albert J
1999
Relates the history behind forty popular Yuletide songs written by Americans, including popular, folk, rock, sacred, and country; and discusses the reasons for their enduring popularity.
Illustrations by Gennady Spirin accompany the lyrics to the traditional holiday song that describes gifts given on each of the twelve days that lead up to Christmas.
In this variation on the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," children exchange gifts of various types of dogs, from "a pug puppy under the tree" to "twelve doggies drumming.".