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(More customer reviews)Every time I pick up this book, I laugh myself silly at the inventive and sometimes painfully true lyrics: "We must have a perfect Christmas"; "O, what a fight, the fists were really flying..."; "Silent wife, angry wife..."; "Away in a manger, is that where you dressed?" and more. And surprisingly, the simple piano accompaniment is not bad at all.
Call me over-protective, but this is not humor I intend to share with the younger ones. "Whose Child Is This?" and "Here I Come A-Borrowing" make me laugh hard, and the parodies do not diminish the beauty of the original carols for me. But I wonder how the originals might survive in young minds after learning these very funny, but sometimes racy lyrics. And I am not too keen on answering, in the setting of the holidays, some of the questions that this content would probably provoke.
Not all jokes I hear or tell are suitable for youngsters, nor do I think they have to be. Taken as grown-up humor, this little book is a marvelously effective antidote to the saccharine airs wafting through this "most wonderful time of the year".
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Somewhere, someone is having a perfect Christmas, filled with chestnuts roasting and sleigh bells ringing…Screw ‘em.Most of us are having just the opposite: a nutcrackin' nightmare of anger, hurt feelings, evil in-laws, and carbs beyond counting.A time when grudges grow and gasses pass.A time of maxed-out credit cards and a ham that the vegetarians are ready to hurl through the frosty window.It's that holidays that we celebrate here.Evil little brothers, pregnant tattooed sisters, horny dogs, and cross-dressing dads–they're all here, ready to spread their Christmas cheer.So untangle the lights, spill some eggnog, and gather ‘round the place where happier families would have a piano.Now prepare to enjoy all the carols you love–with new lyrics you'll love even more."O Holy Fight," "Silent Wife," and "Grandpa Fell" (the ballad of Gramps and his bourbon, set to the tune of "Jingle Bells").Yes, all your old favorites are here, with words that express, at last, the true sentiments of the season.Remember: We wish you a Merry Christmas!But we can't guarantee it.
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