Saturday, December 09, 2006

Three Ice Skating Snowmen Bring a Message of "Peace on Earth"

I'll start with an aside: We just had a brownout that took out the whole block. Was it the Snowmen? I think so. Because I am on a laptop, everything stayed up. Go battery power!

On to what I was going to say:

Years from now, I will probably wonder how I talked myself into this, but I was just thinking about how when I was in elementary school, we used to do musical numbers every year that were about Christmas, which I always like. I don't suppose you can do that now. In particular, they always did "We need a little Christmas" from Mame. Look that up in wikipedia and you'll understand why the rest of the musical is pretty much unperformable now. Anyway... here is the Libretto:


Mame:
Haul out the holly;
Put up the tree before my spirit falls again.
Fill up the stocking,
I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now.
For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute,
Candles in the window,
Carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute.
It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
So climb down the chimney;
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
Slice up the fruitcake;
It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
For I've grown a little leaner,
Grown a little colder,
Grown a little sadder,
Grown a little older,
All:
And I need a little angel
Sitting on my shoulder,
Need a little Christmas now.
Mame:
Haul out the holly;
Well, once I taught you all to live each living day.
All:
Fill up the stocking,
Young Patrick:
But Auntie Mame, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now.
All:
But we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute,
Candles in the window,
Carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute.
Agnes:
It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
Ito:
So climb down the chimney;
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
All:
Slice up the fruitcake;
It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
For we need a little music,
Need a little laughter,
Need a little singing
Ringing through the rafter,
And we need a little snappy
"Happy ever after,"
Need a little Christmas now.
Need a little Christmas now.

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-----They Might Be Giants