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Showing posts with label Australian Christmas songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Christmas songs. Show all posts
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.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. However we are having problems with our internet so I won't be able to visit you till later in the week.
Have a wonderful week.
I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!
"The opposite seasons in Australia always blows my mind. Here, we are just gearing up for winter.
So why don't I ever hear about hot temperatures in Christmas songs? Do Australians not sing? Or maybe the US is just too far away to hear Australian artists?"
So I thought I would show you some of our Aussie Christmas.
Yes it is usually hot here in Australia on Christmas Day. Where I live in the south west of Western Australia it was 38 Celsius on Christmas Day and it didn't cool down till very late in the day, and in our capital city Perth it was 40!
But many of us still eat a traditional roast Christmas dinner and pudding. Crazy hey? It is a tradition that our ancestors brought from the UK.
But others love their seafood, cold ham, salads and pavlova. And of course there has to be something cold to drink. No egg nog or mulled wine or hot chocolate for us!
I also make little puddings - so simple, and the apricots in our back yard are starting to ripen. I love this time of year with the stone fruit so plentiful.
After Christmas lunch we usually flop on the lounge in the air-conditioning and watch a movie or play a board game. For many back-yard cricket seems to be the thing to do.
Many people head to the beach, if not on Christmas Day, then they go on Boxing Day. If we go out in the boat we might be lucky enough to have a dolphin swim up to our boat. You can do a dolphin tour at The Dolphin Discovery Centre in Koombana Bay. Lucky for us there are plenty of opportunites to 4WD along the beach to get away from the crowds.
As well as a wreath on the front door, and a Christmas tree in their house, many people put up lights outside their house too. We enjoy going around before Christmas to see them. Also in Australia we have Christmas Carols by Candlelight events. Though sadly this year they have been limited or gone on-line due to the pandemic. I didn't know that Carols by Candlelight is an Australian event started 83 years ago!
This year I made Christmas cards and some baubles filled with dried wildflowers
And of course after all that eating we need to go for a walk The Leschenault Estuary is not far away and we see some stunning sunsets.
And yes there are Australian Christmas songs: I must admit many of our Christmas carols and songs come from colder climates with snow. But we do have our own too. Have you ever heard of "Six White Boomers" and we have an Aussie 12 Days of Christmas. I've just found this link -
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 -
So there you have it - a little look at an Aussie Christmas. Thanks to Mandy and Justin from With Love travel blog - http://blog.youreverydaytraveler.com/
Wherever you live and whether or not you celebrate Christmas, the thought of hope for the future from Jesh from All Seasons blog puts it perfectly - "Christmas is for me all about light in darkness. Light always conquers."
I think that is very relevant for us all over the world today.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you and yours are safe and well and have been able to spend time with your loved ones this Christmas.
I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!
Seven possums
playing 
Dashing through the bush
