The only version I can stand anymore is the one by Relient K (spelled so because the Chevy company refused to let them use the real spelling.) It takes 3 1/2 minutes, each verse is sung differently, and it just a lot of fun.
Anyone that’s sick of the same old Christmas songs, look up Straight No Chaser. Hearing a mishmash medley version of the 12 days of Christmas, with part sung to the tune of Africa by Toto should make you willing to at least listen to them.
There’s a reason it’s now “The 12 Weeks of Christmas.” Thanks, corporate retail!
The only version I can stand anymore is the one by Relient K (spelled so because the Chevy company refused to let them use the real spelling.) It takes 3 1/2 minutes, each verse is sung differently, and it just a lot of fun.
For me, it’s a toss-up between the Bob and Doug MacKenzie version and the one with John Denver and the Muppets.
I’m fond of Allan Sherman’s Twelve Gifts of Christmas. Halfway through they give up on singing the rest of the gifts per verse.
All that other stuff, and a Japanese transistor radio.
An abridged version, where you sing only the twelfth day of Christmas (and therefore all the presents just once), is what the world needs.
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That, and peace.
Anyone that’s sick of the same old Christmas songs, look up Straight No Chaser. Hearing a mishmash medley version of the 12 days of Christmas, with part sung to the tune of Africa by Toto should make you willing to at least listen to them.
Same group’s Christmas Can-Can is great too. Highly recommend it.
I love the “Christmas Can-Can!” I’ve also discovered “Hey, Santa,” “Who Spiked the Eggnog,” “Nutcracker” and “To Christmas.”