Ahoy friends,
With only 3 more sleeps the count down has officially begun! Who will be announced to reign supreme as a TOP 10-er for The Best Job in the World? The anticipation is killing me - this is way worse than waiting for a Christmas present! At least with a present you can tear a small hole into the corner and sneak a peak!
Which gets me thinking…how do Australians celebrate Christmas? I mean, they don’t have snow in December being in the Southern Hemisphere…so does Santa change into shorts and a T-shirt for that leg of the journey? And wouldn’t Santa have to go to Australia first from the North Pole because of the time change? And wouldn’t the reindeer want to shed their winter coats flying around those tropical islands?
What about eggnog and roasting chestnuts on an open fire? What about the Coca Cola polar bears and the polar bear swim? And what about Christmas carols like Frosty the Snowman and Jingle Bells?
Jingle Bells (Aussie style)
Dashing through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute,
Kicking up the dust,
esky in the boot,
Kelpie by my side,
singing Christmas songs,
It’s Summer time and I am in
my singlet, shorts and thongs
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut !,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.
Engine’s getting hot;
we dodge the kangaroos,
The swaggie climbs aboard,
he is welcome too.
All the family’s there,
sitting by the pool,
Christmas Day the Aussie way,
by the barbecue.
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.
Come the afternoon,
Grandpa has a doze,
The kids and Uncle Bruce,
are swimming in their clothes.
The time comes ’round to go,
we take the family snap,
Pack the car and all shoot through,
before the washing up.
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.
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March 31st, 2009
Too Cute!