The Twelve Days of Yule

• 18 December 2023
• Tolkien,
• Yuletide,
• Art

On the first day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
One ring to rule them all.

On the second day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the third day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the fourth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Four Hungry Hobbits,†
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the fifth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Five Istari,
Four hungry hobbits,
Three elven rings,
The two Argonath,‡
And one ring to rule them all.

On the sixth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four hungry hobbits,
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the seventh day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Seven kings of dwarves,
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four hungry hobbits,
Three silmarils,†
The two Argonath,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the eigth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Eight Valar lords,
Seven kings of dwarves,
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four ancient ages,
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the ninth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Nine Nazgûl,
Eight Valar lords,
Seven kings of dwarves,
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four hungry hobbits,
Three silmarils,
The two Argonath,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the tenth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
The Tengwar,
Nine Nazgûl,
Eight Valar lords,
Seven seeing stones,†
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four ancient ages,
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the eleventh day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Elven pipers piping,⚔
The Tengwar,
Nine Nazgûl,
Eight Aratar,†
Seven seeing stones,
Seven Palantíri,†
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four hungry hobbits,
Three silmarils,
The two Argonath,
And one ring to rule them all.

On the twelfth day of Yule,
Tolkien gave to me,
Twelve dwarves of Thorin,†
Eleventy-one parties,
The Tengwar,
Nine Nazgûl,
Eight Aratar,
Seven Palantíri,
Six Frodo books,
Five Istari,
Four ancient ages,
Three elven rings,
Two glowing trees,

And one ring to rule them all.

†Thank Tom Walther.

‡Thank Zbyszek “Naugtur” Tenerowicz.

⚔This line is Adam Solove’s fault.

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