Now the silly season is upon us, it’s time for a bit of Christmas realism.
Start here:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=45868&messages=29
And for those who’d prefer a little Irish, and don’t we all from time to time, you can’t do better than Frank Kelly’s hilarious take on that song:
The Twelve Days of pre-Christmas? Ooops, Sorry! It ain’t nothin new… 
http://www.candlegrove.com/sacaea.html
Hey Wombat, I liked that link!
I think you really need to hear that one (rather than read it)
Came across the ozzie version earlier this week. Emu up a gum tree.
Yeah, I was going to suggest that people buy the CD. I heard it again on the radio driving home this evening and just about crashed the car I was laughing so much.
As for Aussie Christmas songs, my favourite starts like this:
Driving through the bush,
In a rusty Holden Ute,
Heat and dust and flies,
Christmas time is beaut
I can’t remember the name of the person who wrote and recorded that but maybe someone alse will know.
Wombat, I shouldn’t have read your second link posting, even though it has been three weeks from the abdominal surgery that I had and the stitches are out, I almost literally busted a gut reading that link.
Thank you for the great laugh, it hurts but it feels good, and nothing busted open.
A Merry Christmas to you!
MarkB