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A Holly, Jolly Christmas?! We think Not!
~Tommy Prince
Tis the season to be jolly? We think not! Not when you've had a precious child die! So who is sick of hearing the sentimentalized songs playing everywhere? Let's just write a few of our own. After all, this is a MAN-MADE holiday that has very little to do with the actual birth of our Savior ~ THAT we can all celebrate, for God IS with us in our grief, and His coming marks the coming END to death, dying, and destruction we all have had to suffer, as well as the coming restoration to the bodies of our beautiful children who know our Living Lord.
But to the sentimentalized version of the holiday, most of us do want to decry,
"BAH, Humbug!"
Our new friend and fellow grieving mother, Diane (BigD) rewrote some Christmas lyrics on her blog which we think you need to see...
http://dancindianern.blogspot.com/
Her writing of "Jingle Hell" inspired us, so Tommy decided to rewrite a few lyrics of his own:
If you are a Grieving Parent, you might want to replace the lyrics to Holly, Jolly Christmas with the ones Tommy crafted below these original lyrics which we have struck out as they certainly do not apply to us grieving parents!
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 by golly
Have a holly
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 by golly
Have a holly
Jolly Christmas this year
Tommy's Rendition of A Holly Jolly Christmas:
Have a Holly, Folly Christmas!
~Tommy Prince
(Dictionary ~ Folly: from the Old French folie, translated madness)
Have a Holly, Folly Christmas;
It's the worst time of the year
You want to tell folks to go
And blow it out their ear ~
So Have a Holly, Folly Christmas,
And when you're walkin' down the street,
Say "Bite me!" to friends you know,
All else, "Take a flyin' leap!"
Oh ho
The mistletoe
You shot up in the tree;
Don't have a clue what I'm goin' through?
Slap 'em once for me!
So have a Holly, Folly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh by golly
Have a Holly
Folly Christmas this year...
Have a Holly, Folly Christmas;
It's the worst time of the year...
So Have a Holly, Folly Christmas,
And when you're walkin' down the street,
Say "Bite me!" to friends you know,
All else, "Take a flyin' leap!"
Oh ho
The mistletoe
You shot up in the tree;
Don't have a clue what I'm goin' through?
Slap 'em once for me!
So have a Holly, Folly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh by golly
Have a Holly
Folly Christmas this year...
(And be sure to blow it out your ear!)
(as the background music plays:)
...Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle all the way...
as inspired by BigD of www.dancindianern.com
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