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     From: In:cron@pixie.co.za
     To: ** All **
     Subj: ASCII Christmas Story

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     On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
     Twelve Drummers Drumming

                       .-}        .-}        .-}
                       |_|        |_|        |_|
                       (_)        (_)  __    (_) .---.
                       | \ .--.   | \.'  '.  | \/     \
                       |\_|--o )  |\_|--o  ; |\_|--o   |
                       |:| '--'   |:|'.__.'  |:|\     /
                       |:|        |:|        |:| `---`
                       |:|_       |:|_       |:|_
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

             .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
             |M|   |E|   |R|   |R|   |Y|   |X|   |M|   |A|   |S|
             (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
            /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\
            [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX]
             |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
             |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
            _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



     Eleven Pipers Piping
         _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _
       ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)
        (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")
        /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\
       (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\)
        |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
        |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
       _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



     Ten Lords A-Leaping

                                   w              w
                    w              0__           \0__
                   \0__     w     /|_     w      /_
                   /_     __0/  '\/ /    \0_  '\/ /    w
                '\/ /      /_       `    /_       `  __0/
                    `   `\/  \,         _\ \,         /_
                     w                 `           `\/  \,
                    \0__      w                 w
                    /_        0__       w      \0__
                   _\ \,     /|_      __0/      |_
                  `        `\/  \,     /_      _\ \,
                                    `\/ /,    `



     Nine Ladies Dancing

                                                            |~
                          ()                       ()      0` |~
                  ()    _/)(\_           ()      _/)(\_      0`
                _/)(\_   /^^\    ()    _/)(\_     /""\
                 /~~\   /____\ _/)(\_   /``\     /____\
                /____\          /""\   /____\   ()
                        ()     /____\         _/)(\_      ()
              |~      _/)(\_           ()      /^^\     _/)(\_
             0` |~     /``\          _/)(\_   /____\     /~~\
               0`     /____\          /~~\              /____\
                                     /____\



     Eight Maids A-Milking


               __.----.       __.----.        __.----.        __.----.___
     (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
      `(uu)'      _  `(dd)'       _  `(gg)'       _  `(vv)'       _   |
       )  (      (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  |
      (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 ,/
       `--'\_    (__).`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    _(__)|
            `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||      `||~|| /\||
      ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
               __.----.       __.----.        __.----.       __.----.___
     (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
      `(99)'       _  `(66)'      _  `(aa)'      _  `(ee)'        _  |
       )  (       (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (        (|) |
      (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)       8~8,/
       `--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    _(__)|
            `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||     `||~|| /\||
      ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^



     Seven swans A-Swimming

            ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___
           /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \    _,
           |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   / |
             //  _/ |//  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  |
            / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   _)
           /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   _/)
           \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-   /
       ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~



     Six Geese A-Laying
         __         __         __         __         __         __
       >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )
         )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,
        /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\
       /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        )
       \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/
        `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __
           ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)



     Five Golden Rings

                         .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
                        ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_))
                         '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'



     Four Calling Birds

                      ___       ___       ___       ___
                     ('v')     ('v')     ('v')     ('v')
                    ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))
                  -/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"--



     Three French Hens

                         (\  }\   (\  }\   (\  }\
                        (  \_('> (  \_('> (  \_('>
                        (__(=_)  (__(=_)  (__(=_)
                           -"=      -"=      -"=


     Two Turtle Doves
                                _      _
                               <')_,/ <') ,/
                               (_==/  (_==/
                                ='-    ='-



     And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
                                 _
                                ('>
                                /))@@@@@
                               /@"@@@@@()@
                              @@()@@()@@@@
                              @@@O@@@@()@@@
                              @()@@\@@@()@@
                               @()@||@@@@@
                                 @@||@@@
                                   ||
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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