{"id":2008,"date":"2012-12-31T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2013-02-12T00:27:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T23:27:04","slug":"the-twelve-months-of-twenty-twelve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/12\/the-twelve-months-of-twenty-twelve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Months of Twenty-Twelve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSedhEoutP0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I never can resist a chance to have a sing song, especially if I get the chance to do silly actions as well. Two years ago I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2010\/12\/five-gold-rings\/\">a review post of the year<\/a>, based around the 12 Days of Christmas, which is one of my favourite Christmas songs for precisely those reasons &#8211; singing and silliness &#8211; and it worked so well that I thought I&#8217;d recycle the idea with some tweaks for 2012.<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, clear your throats and warm up your glasses because here they are: the twelve months of twenty-twelve!<\/p>\n<p>In the first month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/01\/on-fortunes-and-moonlighting\/\">fishes and a day by the sea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the second month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\nt<a title=\"Saints and sustenance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/02\/saints-and-sustenance\/\">he Festa of Sant&#8217;Agata<\/a>,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the third month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/03\/too-young-to-die\/\">childhood memories<\/a>,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/03\/too-young-to-die\/\">Angelo&#8217;s piano<\/a>,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the fifth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a title=\"Infiorata di Noto 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/05\/infiorata-di-noto-2012\/\">internet TV stardom<\/a>,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the sixth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Four Fs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/06\/thefourfs\/\">families Sicilian<\/a>,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a title=\"Galhampton Party in the Park 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/07\/galhampton-party-in-the-park-2012\/\">rain and muddy wellies<\/a>,<br \/>\nfamilies Sicilian,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a title=\"Desperately seeking something\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/08\/desperately-seeking-something\/\">the finding of THE ONE<\/a>,<br \/>\nrain and muddy wellies,<br \/>\nfamilies Sicilian,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the ninth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a title=\"Porto Stories\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/09\/porto-stories\/\">language, port and rivers<\/a>,<br \/>\nthe finding of THE ONE,<br \/>\nrain and muddy wellies,<br \/>\nfamilies Sicilian,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the tenth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/10\/the-trifle-challenge\/\">a trifling vendetta<\/a>,<br \/>\nlanguage, port and rivers,<br \/>\nthe finding of THE ONE,<br \/>\nrain and muddy wellies,<br \/>\nfamilies Sicilian,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the eleventh month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/11\/legends-of-catania\/\">stories, myths and legends<\/a>,<br \/>\na trifling vendetta,<br \/>\nlanguage, port and rivers,<br \/>\nthe finding of THE ONE,<br \/>\nrain and muddy wellies,<br \/>\nfamilies Sicilian,<br \/>\ninternet TV stardom,<br \/>\nAngelo&#8217;s piano,<br \/>\nchildhood memories,<br \/>\nthe festa of Sant&#8217;Agata,<br \/>\nand fishes and a day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>In the twelfth month of 2012 my true love sent to me<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/12\/fish-art-and-fascism\/\">mussolini fish art<\/a>,<br \/>\nstories, myths and legends,<br \/>\na trifling vendetta,<br \/>\nlanguage, port and 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