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Ten

♫ Ten, ten, ten, ten, let's sing a song of ten. How many is ten? ♫

Like, literally, millions of kids, I grew up watching  Sesame Street and The Electric Company. I watched those programs well into my teens since I was the eldest of four kids. Longer if you factor in seven year gap between the middle children. Of course, I introduced my daughter to my old pals. Is it any wonder that I naturally think of ditties when I hear numerals from one through ten!?

Anyway, this is the next verse of Tina's Twelve Days of Christmas... 
♫♫On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...Ten Snowman bright lights, nine Fran's dark chocolates, eight Christmas crackers, seven cotton candies, six bags of kisses, five red heart ornaments, four rein-dogs poopin', three chocolate Santas, two red poinsettias, and a glass pickle to hang in the tree. ♫♫
 We are getting ever nearer to the end of the song. Wonder what that husband of mine, has planned for the finale? 

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