Java - reddit dailyprogrammer Twelve Days of Xmas

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import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class TwelveDaysOfXmas {

    private static final List<String> GIFTS = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("a Partridge in a Pear Tree",
                                      "two Turtle Doves",
                                      "three French Hens",
                                      "four Calling Birds",
                                      "five Golden Rings",
                                      "six Geese a Laying",
                                      "seven Swans a Swimming",
                                      "eight Maids a Milking",
                                      "nine Ladies Dancing",
                                      "ten Lords a Leaping",
                                      "eleven Pipers Piping",
                                      "twelve Drummers Drumming"));
    
    private static final List<String> DAYS = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh", "eighth", "ninth", "tenth", "eleventh", "twelfth"));

    public static void main(String... args) {
        
        String gift = "";
        int index = 0;
        for (String day : DAYS) {
            System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("On the {0} day of Christmas \n my true love sent to me: ", day));
            index = DAYS.indexOf(day);
            for (int i = index; i >= 0; i--) {
                gift = GIFTS.get(i);
                
                if (index > 0 && i == 0) {
                    gift = "and " + gift;
                }
                
                System.out.println(gift);
            }
            System.out.println("");
        }
    }
}