She waved ate me as I entered the garden. Between the faded curtains, the flowers on the windowsill were looking bright. She sat in her favorite chair, I remembered that from the last time I visited. That was some time ago, with my (then still) fiancée. Every time we visited his grandparents, I had come home with happy feeling about so much friendliness and love. The little country house seemed run down. Granny was 78 now, and Granddad 86.

“He is losing his marbles”, Granny said lovingly, when I sat down with a cup of tea. “At night, he cannot find the toilet anymore, and he piddles in a corner of the corridor upstairs”. I must have looked disgusted, for she quickly added: “Oh, I have put a piece of plastic there, so it’s not too bad”. I wondered how long they would be able to stay in their house…

“I have a beautiful Christmas tree in the back of the land, but I don’t have the force to go and get it.” She sighed. It was almost Christmas, and I had wondered why they did not have a tree. “Last year we still did it together. It was so nice, we even had little lights in the tree in front of the house!” Her eyes were shiny at the thought of last Christmas. “No, this year no Christmas for us, well never mind. We have so many good Christmas memories, so we don’t complain”.

Suddenly I got a thought: “Grandma, what if I would get the tree? I have time this afternoon, I can just call the boss that I take an afternoon off, and we put the tree up and the lights in the front garden.” Grandma looked at me in disbelief. “But, you have to work for sure?” “No, that’s fine, it’s Friday, and it is almost Christmas. There is not much to do anyway.”

Her face lighted up. When we put on boots, and got the saw, her cheeks were pink from excitement, and her eyes were bright. An hour and a half later, the tree with the lights and the balls and the little silver angels looked great in the living room. I got a ladder to put the lights in the tree in the front garden, and before dark everything was ready.

Suddenly Grandpa started to speak: “Oh, it’s Christmas! I am so happy, I love Christmas. Do we have presents too?” His eyes were reflecting the little lights, and his face shone with happiness. Grandma went over to him, and sitting next to him on the sofa, she gave him a big hug, and as tears trickled down her cheeks, she smiled at him. She spoke softly:”Yes, sure we will have presents, Pa. We will, we will…”

Early morning the next day I went to the mall . I bought chocolates, perfume for Grandma, after shave for Grandpa (the one I thought I had seen in the bathroom some years ago), a little painting of a doe under a tree, rose scented candles and a new tablecloth. I had it all wrapped in shiny paper, and when I arrived at their home, everything was still quiet. I put the big box on the doorstep, and drove away slowly. It was a pity that I would not see Grandpa’s face when he would discover that Father Christmas had not forgotten him.

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In our category Funny Christmas Songs, today a real cowboy song…

Reminds me of John Denver… I have to serach for some cool songs to let my children hear what Mommy used to listen to when she had a romantic mood… They’ll probably laugh, but well… I love that style, I really do

Tall in the saddle, we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over snow
covered-plains.
All of the good gifts given today, ours is the sky and the wide open range.
Back in the cities they have different ways, football and eggnog and Christmas
parades.
I’ll take my saddle, I’ll take the reins, It’s Christmas for cowboys wide-open
plains.

A campfire for warmth as we stop for the night, the stars overhead are
Christmas tree lights.
The wind sings a hymn as we bow down to pray, It’s Christmas for cowboys,
wide-open plains.

Tall in the saddle we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over
snow-covered plains.
All of the good gifts given today, ours is the sky and the wide open range.
It’s Christmas for cowboys, wide open plains.

Enjoy!

And this one is for the men who forgot Christmas last year…

You MIGHT get away with it

One more in our category Funny Christmas Songs (Although the girlfriend probably did not think this was funny

Girl it’s that time for year to sing
Feliz Navidad underneath the tree
there should be some presents
there from Santa Claus

Girl I’m begging you don’t be mad at me
I forgot it’s Christmas
and you’re oh so hard to try to please

Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t know what to do
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t have a gift for you
I can give you ay, ay, ay
all you need is ay, ay, ay
un poquito ay, ay, ay
on this Christmas night, yeah

Girl, pretend my arms are like shiny,
big red bows
wrapped around your kisses
underneath the magic mistletoe
Girl, my gift of love is comin’ from the heart
peace on earth, goodwill to all starts
right here where we are
Everybody sing
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t know what to do
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t have a gift for you
I can give you ay, ay, ay
all you need is ay, ay, ay
un poquito ay, ay, ay
on this Christmas night, yeah

Vamono’

Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t know what to do
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t have a gift for you
I can give you ay, ay, ay
all you need is ay, ay, ay
un poquito ay, ay, ay
on this Christmas night
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t know what to do
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t have a gift for you
I can give you ay, ay, ay
all you need is ay, ay, ay
un poquito ay, ay, ay
on this Christmas night

Ay, ay, ay - Ay, ay, ay
Que bueno esta
Ay, ay, ay - Ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay - Christmas night
Ay, ay, ay - Que bueno
Ay, ay, ay - Lo-le-lo-le
Ay, ay, ay - Arriba eh
Ay, ay, ay - Ay, ay, ay!

Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t know what to do
Ay, ay, ay, it’s Christmas
and I don’t have a gift for you
I can give you ay, ay, ay
All you need is ay, ay, ay

This funny Christmas Song made my daughter really giggle, especially when I translated it to Dutch, her mothertongue…

And then she started asking questions: Mom, what is a piston ring, and what are snow tires (she was brought up in Mediterranean Portugal, she saw snow for the first time in her life when she was 6!). Anyway, I managed to distract her from the technical details, and I explained that the idea of it is to be a funny christmas song, and not a lesson in mechanics…
Have fun!

1. Dashing Through The Snow
In My Rusty Chevrolet
Down the Road I Go
Sliding All the Way
I Need New Piston Rings
I Need Some New Snow Tires
My Car Is Held Together
By a Piece of Chicken Wire

Chorus:
Rust and Smoke the Heater’s Broke
The Door Just Blew Away
I Light a Match to See the Dash
And Then I Start to Pray
The Frame Is Bent the Muffler Went
The Radio It’s Ok
Oh What Fun It Is to Drive
This Rusty Chevrolet

2. I Went to the Iga
To Get Some Christmas Cheer
I Just Passed Up My Left Front Tire
And Its Getting Hard to Steer
Skidding Down the Highway
Right Past the Negaunee Cops
I Had to Drag My Swampers
To Get the Car to Stop

Chorus

3. Bouncing Through the Snowdrifts
In a Big Blue Cloud of Smoke
People Laugh As I Drive By
I Wonder What’s the Joke
I Got to Get to Shopko
To Pick Up the Layaway
Cause Santa Claus Is Coming Soon
In His Big Old Rusty Sleigh

Chorus

I hope you liked this funny Christmassong just as much as we did…. And we’ll keep being on the watch out for more

Now what about a sing-along funny christmas song?

We have been singing it, and be warned, it got somehow stuck in our heads…

The video is fun too, sooooooo

Have a good time!

This song starts with the Chorus:

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas Eve.
You can say there’s no such thing as Santa,
But as for me an’ Grandpa, we believe.

She’d been drinking too much eggnog,
And we begged her not to go.
But she forgot her medication,
And she staggered out the door into the snow.

When we found her Christmas morning,
At the scene of the attack
She had hoof prints on her forehead,
And incriminating Claus marks on her back.

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas Eve.
You can say there’s no such thing as Santa,
But as for me an’ Grandpa, we believe.

Now we’re all so proud of Grandpa,
He’s been taking this so well.
See him in there watching football,
Drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Mel.

It’s not Christmas without Grandma,
All the family’s dressed in black.
And we just can’t help but wonder
Should we open up her gifts or send them back?

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas Eve.
You can say there’s no such thing as Santa,
But as for me an’ Grandpa, we believe.

Now the goose is on the table
And the pudding made of fig
(ahhhhh!)
And the blue and silver candles,
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma’s wig.

I’ve warned all my friends and neighbours,
Better watch out for yourselves.
They should never give a license,
To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.

Sing it, Grandpa!

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas Eve.
You can say there’s no such thing as Santa,
But as for me an’ Grandpa, we believe.

Enjoy!

I have noooooo idea where all these funny christmas songs come from, my friends keep sending me new ones!

Anyway, I do hope that you and your children like them just as much as we do, and if you have a good suggestion, plese send us a comment with the link or the song itself!!

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree
At the Christmas party hop.
Mistletoe hung where you can see,
Every couple tries to stop.

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring.
Later we’ll have some pumpkin pie
And we’ll do some caroling

You will get a sentimental
Feeling when you hear,
Voices singing, “Let’s be jolly,
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.”

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree,
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancing merrily
In the new old-fashioned way.

© Brenda Lee

Tomorrow there’s another funny christmas song!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth, see my two front teeth.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
Then I could wish you “Merry Christmas!”

It seems so long since I could say,
“Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!”
Gosh, Oh gee, how happy I’d be,
If I could only whistle (thhhh)

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth, see my two front teeth.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
Then I could wish you “Merry Christmas!”

Enjoy!

In our series Funny Christmas Songs we found this one for you. Thanksto all the readers who send us nice new suggestions! I am just imagining how it feels if my family would have a Christmas like this… I think I prefer our own little traditions

(Spoken) Woo!

Somebody done been to the WalMart!
Man, this is the stuff I got for Christmas.
Well you cleaned up, whatcha get?

(Corus, Sung)
5 flannel shirts
4 big mud tires
3 shot gun shells
2 huntin’ dogs
And some parts to a Mustang GT

(Spoken) You got gypped, there’s 12 days to Christmas!
I know that, I got it covered!
Look over there in the corner! That’s yours too?
Yeah!

(Corus, Sung)
12 pack of bud
11 wrestlin’ tickets
Tin a’ copenhagen
9 years probation
8 table dancers
7 packs of redman
6 cans of spam
5 flannel shirts
4 big mud tires
3 shot gun shells
2 huntin’ dogs
and some parts to a Mustang GT

(Spoken) Man, these ain’t normal christmas presents!
Naw, they’re Redneck Gifts!
Redneck gifts?
Yeah, like if you buy your wife earrings that double as fishin’ lures,
or if you can burp the entire chorus to Jingle Bells.
Perhaps if you think that the nut cracker is something you did off the high dive
or if you’ve ever misspelled anything in Christmas lights
or if you leave cold beer and pickled eggs for Santa Claus!
What’s wrong with that?
I didn’t say anything’s wrong with it, it’s hard to beat..

(Corus, Sung)
(Spoken) Well, you know you can’t really consider it Christmas unless you go down to the penitentiary and visit your Momma
You’re not listening to me, get the car key out of your ear,
that’s where the 9 years probation comes in.
Now I’m gonna do it for you again,listen
(Corus, Sung)
(Spoken) Are you cryin??

Naw, just my allergies

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