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Holiday Songs can be Funny

December 19, 2012 Prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  by Prosperous Snow celebrating Prompt: What is your favorite holiday song? Emergence Prompt: Describe your favorite type of weather?

My taste in holiday sangs has changed over the decades. At one time, I my favorite Christmas songs were sacred, sweet, or religious songs, such as We Three Kings, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, or Deck the Halls, but now I prefer funny Christmas songs. Now my favorite Christmas songs are Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, All I want For Christmas are my Two Front Teeth, or I Ain't Gettin' Nuttin' (Nothin') for Christmas. I'm not sure when the change occurred, but I think it was somewhere between my 49th and 50th birthday.

This is my favorite Christmas song for the following reasons. First, it came out in 1946 the year I was born. Second, I have a complete set of false teeth and I miss my my original teeth. Third, my grandparents had a record of this song that they played every Christmas. Fourth, I'm officially an old fossil.

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
By Don Gardner

Every body Pauses and stares at me
These two teeth are gone as you can see
I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be!

All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth!

Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
"Merry Christmas."

It seems so long since I could say,
"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!"
Gosh oh gee, how happy I'd be,
if I could only whistle (thhhh, thhhh)

All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth.

Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
"Merry Christmas!"