Hi everyone, I hope you and yours are doing well, and that you are able to spend the festive season with those you love. We had Covid a couple of weeks ago, but testing negative now, so all is good for our Christmas family get-together.
A couple of years ago someone on blogging land asked me don't we have any Australian Christmas carols? So I thought today that I would share a couple of fun ones, plus a more traditional one. Keep in mind that Christmas is Australia is hot! - no snow and sleighbells here! More likely a BBQ and a swim in the pool or at the beach. Here is the 12 days of Aussie Christmas which includes our unique wildlife
Aussie 12 days of Christmas
On the first
day of Christmas My true love
sent to me An emu up a gum
tree
On the twelfth
day of Christmas
My true love
sent to me
Twelve parrots
prattling
Eleven numbats nagging
Ten lizards
leaping
Nine wombats
working
Eight dingos
digging
Seven possums
playing
Six brolgas
dancing
Five kangaroos
Four koalas
cuddling (can you see the baby just under the mother's arm? - so cute!)
Three
kookaburras
Two pink galahs
And an emu up a
gum tree (no.... emus do not climb or roost in trees!)
Another version - 12 days of Aussie Christmas
On the twelfth
day of Christmas my best mate gave to me Twelve surfing
Santas
Eleven cricket
legends
Ten sweaty
swaggies (a swaggie is a tramp who walks about with his belongings on his back)
Nine daggy
dingos
Eight jolly
jumbucks (a jumbuck is a sheep)
Seven cheeky
chooks (chickens)
Half a dozen
snags (sausages)
Five rusty utes
Four footy fans
Three meat
trays
Two jackaroos (stockmen on a cattle station ie ranch)
A platypus up a
gum tree
(and no....platypus don't roost in trees either!)
Aussie Jingle Bells By Greg Champion and Colin Buchanan
Dashing through the bush In a rusty Holden ute Kicking up the dust Esky in the boot Kelpie by my side Singing Christmas songs
It’s summer time and I am in My singlet, shorts and thongs
Engine’s getting hot We dodge the kangaroos The swaggie climbs abroad He is welcome too All the family’s here Sitting by the pool Christmas day, the Aussie way By the barbecue!
Come the afternoon Grandpa has a doze The kids and Uncle Bruce Are swimming in their clothes The time comes round to go We take the family snap Pack the car and all shoot through Before the washing up!
Oh! Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way Christmas in Australia On a scorching summer’s day Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Christmas time is beaut Oh what fun it is to ride In a rusty Holden Ute.
and something more traditional....... (I remember singing this at school when I was in the choir) The North Wind - by John Wheeler
The North wind is tossing the
leaves The red dust is over the town The sparrows are under the eaves And the grass in the paddock is
brown As we lift up our voices and sing
The tree-ferns in green gullies
sway The cool stream flows silently by The joy bells are greeting the day And the chimes are adrift in the
sky As we lift up our voices and sing To the Christ child, the heavenly
king.
But for an authentic look at an Aussie Christmas, I do like Ronan Keating's version of '"Summer Wonderland" - although the countdown at the beginning is from New Zealand. You can hear it here -
There are lots of other Australian Christmas carols.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I wish you and yours a very safe and happy Christmas, and for those who don't celebrate I wish you happiness and peace.
I send my thoughts and prayers to those who have someone missing from their table for the first time this year and those suffering from illness, loneliness, poverty, famine or war.
Wherever you live and whether or not you celebrate Christmas, I send you a thought of hope for the future ...... "Christmas is all about light in darkness. Light always conquers."
I think that is very relevant for us all over the world today.
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Have a wonderful week.
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Oh, I love them. I will trade Christmas season with you. Since the last three years, my family has not been able to get together because Covid, and now the blizzard storm no one could come out, I've decided to move it to Summer with a cook out. Winter Christmas can go away. We celebrate Jesus every day anyway. :)
Jill - we were just talking about this the other day - so the subject of your post is spot on! It is interesting to me how music becomes inextricably entwined with our memories and feelings about various holidays - it wouldn't be the same without it! I also appreciated your comments about missing someone from the table - my husband lost his only aunt this month, and although we don't see them at this time of year, it certainly affected our joy of the season. And yes, light always conquers!!! A very Happy New Year to you and yours!
Gorgeous photos! Hello Jill, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a lovely comment. You can find the tutorial for the origami trees on https://www.pinterest.com/pin/511510470190275325/. All the best for 2023! Hope it's a good one. Amalia xo
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Dashing through the bush
These are so fun! Thanks for sharing them here. Have a very happy Christmas!
ReplyDeleteA really entertaining post especially the Ronan Keating song. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous blog post!! I loved this look at Christmas 'Down Under'!! Hope yours was grand and that the New Year will be a good one for you and yours!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love them. I will trade Christmas season with you. Since the last three years, my family has not been able to get together because Covid, and now the blizzard storm no one could come out, I've decided to move it to Summer with a cook out. Winter Christmas can go away. We celebrate Jesus every day anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteJill - we were just talking about this the other day - so the subject of your post is spot on! It is interesting to me how music becomes inextricably entwined with our memories and feelings about various holidays - it wouldn't be the same without it! I also appreciated your comments about missing someone from the table - my husband lost his only aunt this month, and although we don't see them at this time of year, it certainly affected our joy of the season. And yes, light always conquers!!! A very Happy New Year to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! Hello Jill, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a lovely comment. You can find the tutorial for the origami trees on https://www.pinterest.com/pin/511510470190275325/. All the best for 2023! Hope it's a good one.
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xo
thanks so much Amalia
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