Merry Christmas

The last week before Christmas, alot of us are going to be busy this week. Me not so much, things are pretty low key around our house. We are heading to the beach for most of the Christmas weekend, there is a good clam digging tide. Ah, nothing says Christmas, especially to my husband, like digging clams. :rolleyes: But I'll go to the beach for a few days for any reason.

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Christmas is usally my favorite time of year. This year I've been so busy with moving and studying for that test and shoveling f'n cars out of parking spaces and being sick that I feel it totally passed by me this year. I'm almost debating if I should just forget about it this year or try to make the most out of this last week. I'm such a Scrooge and I don't like it.

I don't usually get 'that Christmas feeling'...I am a bit of a Grinch come Christmas and only get into the spirit of the thing under duress. If I didn't have a girlfriend who gets really excited about it I doubt I would make much of an effort.. Vix has been getting all worked up since Halloween and I was convinced she'd 'peak' too early and come Christmas day it would be an anti climax. However with a week to go I must admit i am looking forward to the day itself, now..as is Vix.
We'll start by having Christmas Breakfast at her parents..exchange pressies and leave them before her sister turns up with her two under fives...then drive up to London for Christmas Lunch at my place with a our friends Sally and Stacey..lots of booze and board games are the order of the day!

and leave them before her sister turns up with her two under fives...

Why would you do such a thing? Kids love Christmas and I bet with all that sugar they'll be quite calm and docile.

So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun. And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun, the near and the dear one, the old and the young. A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year; let's hope it's a good one, without any fear.

And so this is Christmas, for weak and for strong, for rich and the poor ones, the world is so wrong. And so happy Christmas, for black and for white, for yellow and red ones, let's stop all the fight. A very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year; let's hope it's a good one without any fear.

And so this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year over, and a new one just begun. And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun, the near and the dear one, the old and the young. A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year; let's hope it's a good one without any fear.

War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now

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They said therell be snow at Christmas
They said therell be peace on earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a silent night
And they told me a fairy story
till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked at the sky with excited eyes
till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said therell be snow at Christmas
They said therell be peace on earth
Hallelujah Noel be it heaven or hell
The Christmas you get you deserve

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet

http://ingeb.org/songs/christma.html

http://ingeb.org/songs/christma.html

Ah! that takes me back! :D

Ah! that takes me back! :D

To the Flanders trenches?

It looks like we're sharing Christmas poems :) . Here's one for you guys:

Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves".
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.

Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!

The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."

And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.

And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim, Nothing to shoot.

Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls, or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacifistic.

No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.

No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.

So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.

Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.

So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
May you and your loved ones, enjoy peace on Earth!!!

Merry Christmas, y'all! :D

Sung by Mr. Garrison

I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs

They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...

"Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry f*cking Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.

In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim ass
and f*cking celebrate.

There is no holiday season in India I've heard
They don't hang up their stockings
And that is just absurd!

They've never read a Christmas story.
They don't know what Rudolph is about
And that is why in December
I'll go to India and shout...

Hey there Mr. Hinduist
Merry f*cking Christmas
Drink eggnog and eat some beef
And pass it to the missus.

In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday
So get off your heathen Hindu ass
and f*cking celebrate!

Now I heard that in Japan
Everyone just lives in sin
They pray to several gods
And put needles in their skin.

On December 25th
All they do is eat a cake
And that is why I go to Japan
And walk around and say...

Hey there Mr. Shintoist
Merry f*cking Christmas
God is going to kick your ass
You infidelic pagan scum.

In case you haven't noticed
There's festive things to do
So lets all rejoice for Jesus
And Merry f*cking Christmas to you.

On Christmas day I travel `round the world and say,
Taoists, Krishnas, Buddhists, and all you atheists too,
Merry F*cking Christmas, To You!

(Clapping)

Thank you Mr. hat

Moviemaker..nice one..and so true!

There was a story in the paper last week about a 'Lollipop Lady' (British coloquillism for a School Crossing Guard for all our colonial cousins) who for the past 20 years or so has, for the last few weeks of the school term, dressed in seasonal costumes (as a christmas tree..a present..a turkey..santa etc). This year the local Health and Safety nazis have deemed she can't dress up claiming that without a regulation reflective jacket she might not be seen by approaching cars.
She's dressed as a f*ckin' Christmas tree f'Pete's sake..complete with lights and a star...and standing in the middle of the road!!??? Who couldn't see her????


And on the subject of PC gone mad...The rather splendid Christmas song 'A Fairy Tale In New York' by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl has been re-released and has charted every year since it's original release in '87. However this year the PC nazis at the BBC decide the words 'faggot' and 'slut' could cause offence and they announced plans to *bleep* them out when it's played. 24 hours later (and after being roundly ridiculed by DJ's on other stations and a barrage of complaints from listeners and Kirsty McColl's mum) the controller of Radio 1 has reversed his decision and the song will now be played uncensored.
This news was announced in the paper today with the wonderful headline:
FAGGOTS AND SLUTS RETURN TO RADIO 1




Tyler...what are you like? :rolleyes:

Tyler...what are you like? :rolleyes:

Huh? Me confused. But that might be because my head aches.

Nice poem Moviemaker, I like it.

Thanks for the compliments, guys, but I can't take credit for it. A friend of mine wrote it (or at least said he wrote it) and emailed it to me. So I'll pass along the compliments. :D

BTW- Loved Aries' poem earlier.

Yes I like the one you posted Moviemaker, and Tyler's too!

Well everything everybody posted. :)

And on the subject of PC gone mad...

You're old enough to remember this, Charlie.

In our young day we didn't have "Political Correctness". Nevertheless, we still had Authority Figures who told us we couldn't use certain words, show certain pictures, mention certain physical activites, express certain opinions.

Back then, though, the excuse wasn't "because it might offend the nice homosexuals, femininsts, foreign religious maniacs, etc." The reason was given up front: "because it's dirty."

Listen not to their excuses. The modern ban-it brigade is motivated by the same ideals as their predecessors. They are Killjoys Anonymous. Motto: "We don't have a life, so why should anyone else?"

BTW- Loved Aries' poem earlier.

Well he can't really take the credit for that, either (not that he would or did)

You must be fairly young if you don't recognise those song lyrics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over))

Not much of a fan of John Lennen (I know, shock), though I do like the words to some of his songs, not his voice. Now that you point it out, I do recognize the song, but I haven't heard it in a while.

but I haven't heard it in a while.

Really!?? Over here it's one of the 20 or so stock 'Christmas Songs' (along with 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade and 'I Wsh It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by Wizzard ) that every radio station and dept store have had playiing on a loop since Nov 6th!

Really!?? Over here it's one of the 20 or so stock 'Christmas Songs' (along with 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade and 'I Wsh It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by Wizzard ) that every radio station and dept store have had playiing on a loop since Nov 6th!

Ouch! Don't remind me. Last year I succeeded in getting through Xmas without hearing bleedin' Slade, then I dropped my guard and the buggers got me on Boxing Day.

Meanwhile, here's the Seasonal Song to beat the band:

http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/xmas.htm

Really!?? Over here it's one of the 20 or so stock 'Christmas Songs' (along with 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade and 'I Wsh It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by Wizzard ) that every radio station and dept store have had playiing on a loop since Nov 6th!

OK, OK! Got it from iTunes! Still don't like Lennen's voice, but love the words, so its bearable.

Oh, heard it at the mall yesterday.

OK, OK! Got it from iTunes! Still don't like Lennen's voice, but love the words, so its bearable.

Oh, heard it at the mall yesterday.

So what we learn is is that (a) You have no taste and (B) you can't spell Lennon.

What else are you good for, old son?

So what we learn is is that (a) You have no taste and (B) you can't spell Lennon.

What else are you good for, old son?

Ooooh! Ouch..whatever happened to 'Goodwill to all men'? :D

Ooooh! Ouch..whatever happened to 'Goodwill to all men'? :D

Quite right. My remarks were uncalled for. Sorry, MovieMaker. I'm afraid I'm living up to my avatar just now.

So what we learn is is that (a) You have no taste and (B) you can't spell Lennon.

What else are you good for, old son?


So sorry! Now, I didn't say I didn't like the Beetles (Betles, Beatles ;) ), just, not John Lennen (Lenin, Lennon ;) ).

Or Yoko Ono (seriously, I hope I spelled that right :o )

Or Yoko Ono

Which is actually Japanese for 'One Egg'...

Seriously, you could step on a cat and make better music that Yoko OH-NO!!!

Quite right. My remarks were uncalled for. Sorry, MovieMaker. I'm afraid I'm living up to my avatar just now.

That's fine! :D

I have this argument with my friends all the time. I'm called the "Lennon Hater." But really, I don't hate him :rolleyes: , he's just not my favorite.


Also, remeber that Scrooge was bad only in the first half of the book/movie/play :D .

Seriously, you could step on a cat and make better music that Yoko OH-NO!!!

My point exactly. :)

Also, remeber that Scrooge was bad only in the first half of the book/movie/play :D .

Oh no! Not a whole bunch of ghosts tramping on my bedroom carpet in their sh!tty boots!

Private Eye always used to refer to the Widow Lennon as "Okay Yoni".

Oh no! Not a whole bunch of ghosts tramping on my bedroom carpet in their sh!tty boots!

Private Eye always used to refer to the Widow Lennon as "Okay Yoni".

It's quite fun cracking the one Egg :) ...

It's quite fun cracking the one Egg :) ...

This yolk has gone far enough! ;)

Flo and Eddie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_&_Eddie) on their 1975 live album 'Illegal, Immoral and Fattening' do a whole 'spoof song' section..and at one point Howard Kaylan mentions Joni Mitchell and Mark Volman goes off into this great falsetto 'Joni Mitchell' impression singing (to a 'Big Yellow Taxi' riff) "Ooh I'm Joni Mitchell..I've had Neil and Gram and Jackson and all The Eagles..." and then her yodelling goes a bit off and Kaylan says to the audience "Some nights it's a fine line between Joni and Yoko..."

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Happy Holidays to all my favorite frogs! It's been super crazy here for me. The holidays will be no different. I have to START my shopping today...I haven't had the time nor energy. I can't put it off anymore! Have a lovely holiday everyone!

I have to START my shopping today

My condolences... :eek:

This may well be the only chance I get to visit today..so I'd like to take the opportunity to wish all you Froggers a very Merry Christmas!!

This may well be the only chance I get to visit today..so I'd like to take the opportunity to wish all you Froggers a very Merry Christmas!!And a very Merry Christmas to you too Charlie.

Merry Christmas, everyone!! I'm not going to be able to stay on, but I wanted to wish everyone a fantastic holiday!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone, hope you all had a good one.