12 Days of Christmas Matchbox Swap

During two previous weeks I did not make many posts. But I has not been a lazy girl - I has been preparing for the swap organized by Penny.

За последнее время у меня было не очень много постов. Но на самом деле я не бездельничала, а готовилась к обмену, организованному Penny.

The leitmotiv of this swap is a popular Christmas song - "12 Days of Christmas".

Лейтмотивом обмена послужила популярная рождественская песня "12 Days of Christmas" - "12 дней Рождества".

Here is the text of the song - later you'll understand why I am posting it here.

Вот текст самой песни - для чего я его привожу здесь вы поймете чуть позже:

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.

On the fourth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me
Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

In this swap there are 12 participants. Each choses one of the days from this song. I took day 9 - "Dancing Ladies"

В обмене участвует 12 человек. Каждый из них выбирает свой день из этой песни. Мне достался девятый день - "танцующие девушки".

Then I packed all my boxes.

Затем я запаковала все коробочки.

After that all the participants send their matchboxes to Penny. She makes sets of 12 different matchboxes and sends them to all the participants - each participant gets 12 matchboxes symbolizing 12 days of this song.

Далее все учустники отправляют все свои коробки Penny. Она формирует из них комплекты и отправляет всем участникам - каждый участник получает 12 коробков, символизирующих каждый из дней этой песни.

It means that Penny took the main expences and difficulties of international sending saving other participants from them.

Thank you so much, Penny, for organization and your great kindness! :-)

И еще получается, что Penny взяла на себя основной груз почтовых пересылок, избавив все остальных от большого количества международных пересылок.

Спасибо тебе огромное, Penny, за организацию обмена и твою доброту :-)