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TrueBirch OP t1_izcj1uv wrote

Reply to comment by OL-jordy in Swans: The ultimate gift from your true love [OC] by TrueBirch

As PNC explains it in their calculations, "This represents the total cost of all the gifts bestowed by True Love when you count each repetition of the song, totaling 364 presents."

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OL-jordy t1_izcjaur wrote

You do understand when the song repeats a verse that it actually ISN’T an accumulation of past repetitions right?? That logic is so flawed.

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soniclettuce t1_izcw9uq wrote

>On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me >A partridge in a pear tree

>On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me >Two turtle doves, >And a partridge in a pear tree.

>On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me >Three French hens, >Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree.

How do you interpret that and NOT have it be cumulative?

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Khal_Pwno t1_izd3psi wrote

I always assumed they said no to the gifts, so the true love takes the gift(s) back and returns with the same the next day and a new one added on.

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solsbarry t1_izcmg09 wrote

I totally agree. This makes me want to close my pnc account.

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Graylian t1_izcqoxd wrote

To me the song is cumulative considering the day is said at the beginning of each verse.

On the fourth day: four calling birds, three French hens...

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portalscience t1_izer48m wrote

It is recalling the previous day's gifts, so you know just how amazing their true love is. If you didn't repeat them on subsequent days, no one would remember the pear tree by day 12.

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OL-jordy t1_izcvchp wrote

I would like to see what the cost of these items would have been during the original time period of the song!

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