Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the ...

There’s a Christmas song titled "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that mentions a partridge in a pear tree. Did I find one in a Southeast Missouri fence row? The answer is no. Although there is a ...

Some people might not consider Christmas over just yet. According to some traditions and a certain famous song, it lasts for 12 days. And, at least in the song, with each day comes extravagant gifts; ...

How you mark the holiday seasons depends on everything from your religious background and stance on commercialism to personal relationships and basic cold tolerance. But regardless, most of us filter ...

Have you ever wondered, while singing The Twelve Days of Christmas, what a partridge in a pear tree looks like? This year, I decided to find out. We have two species of partridge in the UK – the ...