This morning on the Bob & Sheri radio show, they discussed a Mitch Miller Christmas carol that is frequently sung by elementary school students. Sheri liked it, and mentioned that her daughters were singing it. Bob didn’t like it, and as Max played fragments between callers, described it as sung by Nazis! He ad-libbed his own Third Reich inspired lyrics..”march into Poland”…”goose step goose step.” I was howling with laughter as I drove to work.
My son, Henry, sang that for a school program when he was in kindergarten. I thought it was very charming. Perhaps something about parenthood alters vision and hearing. Judge for yourselves:
(The Bob & Sheri Show never fails to get me laughing! If I had time, I’d follow the show with daily podcasts)
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December 13, 2008 at 11:35 pm
The best version, by far, of Must Be Santa is performed by a band called “Brave Combo”.
We’ve used their very very fast and fun version from their tapes/CDs at countless class Christmas parties and I even taught my Girl Scouts to polka to it.
Brave Combo is a fairly eclectic band, and comes to St. Louis a couple of times a year, including once before Christmas.
I was thinking we’d have to get to their concert if you’re in town, but with my hobbling and wheeling, it would be hard to maneuver in a crowded bar, and impossible to get to the dance floor to “nuclear polka” the night away.