As some of you recall, I did some song parodies in the spring as we were all sheltering in place and stuck at home. As the Christmas season rolls around, I thought it would be fun to try that again. Here we go!
The first tune is what we put on our family Christmas card, with some inspiration and tweaking done by my wonderful wife. This is “The Twelve Months of COVID.”
In the first month of Covid, the virus gave to me, a small touch of anxiety.
In the second month of Covid, the virus gave to me, two months of no school…
In the third month of Covid, the virus gave to me, three lockdowns…
In the fourth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, four Zoom calls a week…
In the fifth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, Five Rolls of TP!
In the sixth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, six sports leagues pausing…
In the seventh month of Covid, the virus gave to me, seven online orders…
In the eighth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, eight cancelled plans…
In the ninth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, nine co-workers with it…
In the tenth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, ten days isolated…
In the eleventh month of Covid, the virus gave to me, eleven Netflix binges…
In the twelfth month of Covid, the virus gave to me, A SHOT OF THE VACCINE!
Next up, let’s try a variation on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” This one’s called “Fauci, the Virus Expert.”
You know Doc Birx and Harris and Mike Pence and Biden
Phizer, Moderna, and Donald and Warp Speed
But do you recall
The most famous doctor of all?
Fauci the Virus Expert
Had a shiny resume
And if you ever saw it
You would stand right there and sway
Some of the politicians
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Fauci
Stay and answer some questions
Then with the election won
Biden came to say
“Fauci, yes, you are so bright
Won’t you guide our response just right?”
Then how the people loved him
And they shouted out with glee
“Fauci the Virus Expert
You’ll go down in history!”
And finally, one of my favorite songs to play for Christmas, “Joy to the World.”
Joy to the world
The vaccine’s come
Let earth receive her shots
Then we can just stop talking, with others on Zoom
And doctors and nurses sing
And doctors and nurses sing
And doctors, and doctors and nurses sing
Joy to the world
Common sense reigns
Let stores more folks employ
While teachers and students, come back to school
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
There you have it. My apologies if you can’t hear these songs the same way again…
Word of the Week: This week’s word is noctilucent, which means shining at night, as in, “The Christmas Star would be noctilucent for the first time in 800 years in 2020.” Impress your friends and confuse your enemies!