EMPS #69: Christmas Music

From For Ellipsis

A Holly Jolly Christmas
(Johnny Marks)



Have a holly jolly Christmas
It's the best time of the year
Well I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer



Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet



Ho ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me



Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh bygolly have jolly Christmas
This year



Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet



Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh bygolly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year



If you have known me any length of time, you probably know that I am not a big fan of Christmas music, but I do have one exception. The bear and his penguin friends you see above. I just love this happy little bear and his companions. They can be found at the Christmas Fantasy in Tilden Park and the Carousel. I look forward to seeing them perform every year. It's so adorable when they begin to sing, that you can't help but smile and sing along!



:)


There is still plenty of time to play along with this week's Monday Photo Shoot assignment. You can get all the details right here.



-Carly

When All Else Fails... Sing!

"Perhaps the best Yuletide decorations is being wreathed in smiles."

-Author Unknown

Finally, I am officially beginning my Christmas shopping. Running here and there. Wrapping this and that. Oddly enough, I seem to be wrapping a lot more of that as opposed to this, this year! LOL. I bought some fancy holiday stickers, to put on all the holiday envelopes I will be putting in the mail tomorrow, and hopefully, I will be out tonight at the Holiday Lights In The Woods, in Tilden Park. I say hopefully, because we are due for some rain and really cold temperatures over the weekend, beginning tonight. I love it when it is super cold and cloudy for the holiday, but I am afraid my joints and muscles have to protest. Oh well, I will put on my new mittens, and grab some Starbuck's for the ride up into the park, and hope the rain away. It's the Christmas season...

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Lyrics and Music by John Rox

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do,
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus for Christmas
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and was him there and give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

-OndineMonet
"Holiday Bear Concert"
Holiday Fantasy In The Woods"
Tilden Park
Berkeley, California
December, 2007
Early Evening