REPRISE: The Friday Fling Enjoys Christmas Music!
This is a reprise of our December 16th, 2011 challenge, Friday Fling #159.
The original had 634 views, 119 comments including fifteen poems
posted by eight different writers, and thirteen hearts.
Friday Fling #262 December 13th 2013
As many classical music and most Peanuts fans know,
December 16th is Beethoven’s birthday.
That made us wonder: what is your favorite Christmas music?
You can poetically express your preference(s) in one of two ways:
(1) use the title of at least one of your favorites in a poem, or
(2) rewrite the lyrics.
No particular format is suggested this week,
unless you choose to do a lyric rewrite,
in which case of course the format is dictated by the original song.
This week the Friday Fling has a Christmas party tribute to our favorite Christmas song(s)!
Be sure to save time to read and comment lyrically on your fellow Pals’ tributes.
Then go enjoy some Christmas music this weekend!
PS: In case you need a refresher, here’s a few titles from the website http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp:
A Child This Day Is Born
A Christmas To Remember (video)
Adeste Fideles
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (video) (midi file)
All I Want For Christmas Is You (video)
Angels From The Realms Of Glory (midi file)
Angels We Have Heard On High (midi file)
Auld Lang Syne (midi file)
Away In A Manger (video) (midi file)
Believe – Polar Express (video)
Bells Will Be Ringing
Blue Christmas (midi file)
Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (video) (midi file)
Christ Is Born In Bethlehem
Christmas Day
Christmas In Killarney (video)
Christmas Island (midi file)
Christmas Shoes (video)
Christmas Time (video)
Christmas Time Is Here (video) (midi file)
Crazy Frog Christmas Songs (video)
Deck The Halls (midi file)
Do They Know It’s Christmas (video)
Do You Hear What I Hear (midi file)
Fame and Fortune (video)
Feliz Navidad (video) (midi file)
Frosty The Snowman (video) (midi file)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (midi file)
Good King Wenceslas (midi file)
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (video) (midi file)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (video)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (video) (midi file)
Here Comes Santa Claus (video) (midi file)
Holly Jolly Christmas (video) (midi file)
Home For The Holidays (video)
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (midi file)
I Need A Silent Night (video)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (video) (midi file)
I Saw Three Ships (midi file)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas (video) (midi file)
In Excelsis Gloria
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (video) (midi file)
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (midi file)
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (video) (midi file)
Jingle Bell Rock (video) (midi file)
Jingle Bells (video) (midi file)
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (video) (midi file)
Joy To The World (video) (midi file)
Last Christmas (video)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (video) (midi file)
Merry Christmas Darling (video)
Must Be Santa (video)
O Christmas Tree (video) (midi file)
O Come, All Ye Faithful (video) (midi file)
O Little Town Of Bethlehem (midi file)
O Tannenbaum (video) (midi file)
Oh Holy Night (video) (midi file)
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (video) (midi file)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (video) (midi file)
Santa Baby (video)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (video) (midi file)
Silent Night (video) (midi file)
Silver Bells (video) (midi file)
Sleigh Ride (video) (midi file)
Suzy Snowflakes (video) (midi file)
The Chipmunk Song (video) (midi file)
The Christmas Song (video) (midi file)
The First Noel (video) (midi file)
The Holly And The Ivy (video)
The Little Drummer Boy (video) (midi file)
The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year (midi file)
The Night Before Christmas
The Twelve Days Of Christmas (video) (midi file)
The Wassail Song
Toyland (video)
Up On The Housetop (video) (midi file)
We Need A Little Christmas (video)
We Three Kings (midi file)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (video) (midi file)
Welcome Christmas (video)
What Child Is This? (video) (midi file)
When Christmas Comes To Town (video)
Where Are You Christmas (video)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
White Christmas (video) (midi file)
Winter Wonderland (video) (midi file)
Wonderful Christmas Time (video)
Welcome to our Friday carol sing! Pull up a Christmas song and see how your muse wants to deal with it, by putting a title or two in a poem, perhaps about Christmas, or by rewriting lyrics to one in a worthwhile or amusing way. I’ll be posting a few entries from the original blog and who knows, maybe a new one or two for you. Enjoy, be creative and have fun! 😀
When Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Accidentally landed his sleigh
on the Jingle Bell Rock,
the sleigh’s Jingle Bells
rang out “Joy To The World!”
OK it doesn’t rhyme. But it does include all four of the titles above which start with J, and it sort of makes sense! And what the heck, it’s fun!
ONE HOLY NIGHT
*_*
On this special day
A child was born
Jesus Christ
Our Lord
Came to us in a special way
Born in a manger
Fill with hay and animals a like on a
Christmas day with delight
The sharpers
Were singing
Deck the halls and be jolly for this day
Will so bring peace and hormone
To all that helve the words
Of our lord master and king
Come all ye faithful
To the town of
Bethlehem where lay a king
A halo above his head
Shall see
From the brightest star from the skies
Sing with me
Oh holy night
The lord is come
This will so be the first noel
Come little drummer boy play your drum soft and sweet
Silver bells are ringin silent in the night
For a miracle born this night
On a special
Christmas night
*_*
Written By:Bettie Davis ——————————– © December 19 , 2o13
ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Rocking around the Christmas Tree
at the nursing home tonight.
Mistletoe hung where none can see
’cause they’ve got such poor eyesight.
Rocking around the Christmas Tree
as they hear their own ears ring.
Later they’ll have some pumpkin pie
and then do some vomiting.
They will get a sentimental feeling
when they hear
nurse announcing:
“TV special,
Lawrence Welk Show’s on at eight!”
Rocking around the Christmas Tree;
meds are brought out on a tray.
Consciousness dancing merrily
in a psy–cho–tro–pic way!
The original by Brenda Lee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xNuUEnh2g
The original 2011 challenge was the day before Beethoven’s birthday, so I made this for it: