Aussie Jingle Bells

Christmas is coming. Again, the southern hemisphere dissonance intrudes... having been in the northern hemisphere for most of the Christmas celebrations of my life, it's quite odd to hear the music, to even think about preparing for the event, in the sunshine of the oncoming summer. I am hoping we can celebrate the day on the beach somewhere -- quite different than the usual Winnipeg event. We are leaving Ferny Creek on the 26th, flying out of Tullamarine on the 27th, through Auckland, Vancouver and on to Winnipeg. I think we will celebrate the northern Christmas as Ukrainian Christmas in early January. By then we should be over the jet lag.

The kids came home from school with some lyrics I found quite entertaining.

Aussie Jingle Bells

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 & thongs
CHORUS:
OH, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
ON A SCORCHING SUMMER'S DAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
CHRISTMAS TIME IS BEAUT
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE
IN A RUSTY HOLDEN UTE

Engine's getting hot
Dodge the kangaroos
Swaggy climbs aboard
He is welcome too
All the family is there
Sitting by the pool
Christmas day, the Aussie way
By the barbecue!

CHORUS

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 a family snap
Then pack the car and all shoot through
Before the washing up

CHORUS

Then, I found the Aussie version of the 12 Days of Christmas.

A kookaburra up a gum tree.
Two snakes on skis,
Three wet galahs,
Four lyrebirds,
Five kangaroos.
Six sharks a surfing,
Seven emus laying,
Eight dingoes dancing,
Nine crocs a snoozing,
Ten wombats washing,
Eleven lizards leaping,
Twelve possums playing.

You can bet there would be 12 possums playing! Way to go possums...