It is without a doubt one of the oddest Christmas songs, excluding those that are intending by nature to be odd ("Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," for example). I would guess it is also one of the most parodied of the seasonal tunes. We all remember the Bob and Doug version:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... a beer
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... two turtle
necks and a beer
One the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... three french
toasts, two turtle necks, and a beer in a tree
And so on ...
I'm sure if I cared to do a little internet research I could find some background on the 12 days song, and particularly, why such bizarre gifts would have been given to the true love by said gift-giver.
If my true love was gift-giving during the 12 days of Christmas in similar fashion to the song, here's what I might receive ...
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... a fully grown,
ornamental front yard tree.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... two turtle cheesecakes.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... three French roast coffee blends.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... four calling clients.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... five golden days on the beaches of Barbados.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... six geese vacating the 18th fairway at Twin Pines.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... seven minutes of uninterrupted swimming before my lungs explode.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... eight maids to organize the garage.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... nine drums of crude oil that I could resell for $65 dollars apiece.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... ten piping hot batches of chocolate chip cookies.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... eleven hours of 80's dance remix tunes.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... twelve bass a leapin (for my bait).
1 comment:
Brian,
I think you might want to do a little research on the 12 days of Christmas. Based on stuff I've heard before each of the gifts have a deeper "spiritual" meaning behind them and it's kind of interesting. I can't remember where I've heard it/seen it before but it's kind of neat. I also think that Christmas day is the first day and then you count off from there. Not sure about that though.
Only comment on your 12 items is, are you supposed to be eating chocolate chip cookies right now?!
Curt
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