The 12 Sites of Christmas, 1996


Give or take a few. Well, OK, maybe 27.

Presented by those wacky folks at Netsurfer Digest



[Drummer] On the twelfth day of Christmas
[Drummer] My true love sent to me
[Drummer] Twelve drummers drumming
[Piper] Eleven pipers piping
[Lord Leaping] Ten lords a-leaping
[Dancing Lady] Nine ladies dancing
[Milk Maid] Eight maids a-milking
[Swan] Seven swans a-swimming
[Goose] Six geese a-laying
[Ring] Five golden rings
[Bird] Four calling birds
[Hen] Thr ee French hens
[Dove] Two turtle doves
[Partridge] And a partridge in a pear tree



The Last Verse

This set of .wav format sound files brings you the last verse of "The 12 Days of Christmas" as sung by the fabulous voice of Netsurfer Christy Nilsen.

[.wav] Straight version .wav (740,174 bytes)
[.wav] Blues version .wav (1,128,656 bytes)
[.wav] Gospel version .wav (1,501,704 bytes)
[.wav] Country-Western version .wav (651,696 bytes)


Production Notes

  1. Search Engines: This page would not have been possible without the indexes at Yahoo and Lycos. Many thanks to both for the cool work they are doing.
  2. Art I: The 12 days images were obtained from the almost defunct Brad's Favorite Clip Art site (mirrored as a shadow of its former self), by way of the equally defunct Sandra's Clip Art Server (went under way back in 1995).
  3. Art II: The cool border and Christmas art came from the amazing Bordertown and Christmas Clip Art sites. The burning tree (look around) was provided by the prolific Jon's Clip Art Archive. The Hobbes Icon Archive provided the sound icons. The heart came from the animated beating heart icon found at Barry's Clip Art Server
  4. Graphic Tools: PC Paintbrush (who said powerful graphics tools need to be expensive - and besides they included a box of crayons in the package :), Color MacCheese for the Mac, GifConverter for the Mac, xpaint, xv.
  5. Text Tools: Microsoft Word for the IBM-PC, vi, Elvis vi clone on Linux.
  6. WWW Tools: Netscape Navigator.
  7. HTML Tools: Elvis vi clone on Linux (we don't need no stinkin' HTML editors!)
  8. Sound Tools: Sound Blaster Creative Wavestudio.
  9. Sound Cable Adapters: Radio Shack.
  10. Operating Systems: Netsurfer Communications is powered by Linux and SunOS. Occasionally we stoop to MS Windows and Macintosh System 7.
  11. Computing equipment: Three IBM compatible PCs, several Suns, and a Mac Si.
  12. Music:
    • Beck, "Mellow Gold"
    • The Cranes, "Loved"
    • Elmer Bernstein, "The Magnificent Seven" soundtrack.
    • Plasmaboy, "A likely story..."
    • Stan Rogers, "Northwest Passages" (thanks to Jeffrey Osier)
    • Carl Orff, "Carmina Burana"
    • Beausoleil, "Hot Chili Mama"
    • Edith Piaf, (collection)
    • KFJC Foothill College
    • KZSU Stanford
  13. Food (well, kind of...): Carnation hot chocolate; chocolate-striped shortbread; Diet Coke; Twinings Earl Grey tea, loose, not in bags; French Cheese bread; Cactus Willy's Cactus and Black Bean Hot Salsa; Carlo Rossi Red Sangria; and a banana.
  14. Beer: Netscape Ballistic Brew, private reserve (we have connections, so don't even ask).
  15. Pizza: Pizz'a Chicago
  16. Cat: Fooled'ya
  17. Mascots: Godzilla, Buzz Lightyear, small stone Canadian bear.
  18. Small Furry Mascot We Musn't Get Too Excited About In Public: Babs Bunny.
  19. Contest Which Fits Really Well With This Page: The 12 Days of Christmas Contest
  20. Netsurfer Communications Inc. staff brought to you by their respective parents.
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