Holiday problem solving rocks! Have you ever stopped to think what it would be like if someone really did receive ALL the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas?" It would be ghastly! In this problem solving project, students conduct a CLOSE read of the lyrics using critical thinking prompts, explore various ways of finding the TOTAL number of gifts received in the song (364 gifts), and complete a data table to explore one way of finding the solution. They write about their solutions