12/22/2011 1:46:34 PM. - MAD_GooZe - Moscow

Just created a Christmas slideshow website! Enjoy ot and have happy holidays!
http://xmasslideshow.tk/

12/22/2011 1:47:23 PM. - MAD_GooZe - Moscow

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12/22/2011 9:11:36 PM - marry - Turlock

On Xmas I will always help my mom cook and clean

12/23/2011 6:26:42 AM - Nathan - Holbeach

Wow! nice slideshow!!

12/22/2011 12:46:40 PM - Danny - Pakenham, Victoria

The other day I was at the supermarket and I noticed an elderly lady trying to open her bonnet as she noticed something wrong so i did it all for her and off she went

12/22/2011 12:32:46 PM. - Mermaid - Seattle

I've been singing with a group of women for more than a dozen years, once a month (the group has been singing for over 30 years!) I wanted to give the facilitator a nice gift of a booklet of just Christmas songs; I copy and pasted songs from this website and made a booklet of 33 songs, and gave it to her at our annual December Holiday Sing, this past Saturday. Everyone was thrilled with a new booklet, and we started singing songs.

Someone requested we sing (my favorite) Winterwonderland. We were happily and beautifully singing the song, until the second verse,

"In the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman
until the ALLIGATORS knock him down!"

When we got to the sentence, and people read along (a lot of people apparently don't know the words in that paragraph, and actually read the word, "alligators." I DO know that the words are "until the other kids knock him down" at that point, and sang the correct words... everyone stopped singing at that point, and started laughing, and laughing, and... I was quite embarrassed, and promised to make the correction (knowing I copy and pasted all words, making no changes, or catching the error!). Everyone made me promise NOT to change the words, because it was so funny. They said that every year, from now on, we'd sing the 'alligators' word, instead. So the Christmas Caroling Booklet stands, uncorrected from now on! We really do have a great time singing together, and we sound great - even with the wrong words! (A NOTE: The person(s) in charge, may want to make the correction, on this website!) Thank you for all the great work you did putting this site together! May you all have as much fun singing these, as we did and will...

12/22/2011 2:44:47 PM - Randy G. (the webmaster) - Orange County, CA, USA

Oh my goodness! You're right! The words on our site were wrong! I can't believe I missed that for all these years (that was one of the first songs I added to the site over 10 years ago!).

I'm happy to hear that your group had fun with my little mistake. That's really what it's all about anyway! I must admit, I laughed out loud reading your little story. You all sound like my kind of people! And yes...if there's a mistake anywhere on this site...I'm the one to blame! :)

I wish a Merry Christmas to you and all of your group! And if ever there's a video with the new wacky words, I'm expecting an email (webmaster@xmasfun.com)!

Randy Gonzalez
XmasFun.com

12/22/2011 3:37:03 PM. - Mermaid - Seattle

Randy (Gonzalez - I LOVE the spelling of your last name - TWO "ZEES"!)

Maybe our singing group should record the song with the "alligators" word in there! Now THAT would be a hoot! I, personally didn't like the song version you had in the music link song; I wanted to find out if the sung words included our "new-word version", but she [Amy Grant?] didn't sing that much of the song. I thought Amy Grant sung on-tune better than that (but, of course, I wouldn't recognize her voice if it came up and plugged my ears...).

Thank you for getting back to me; I laughed when I found out it was on the website for 10 years! I can't wait to tell the Women about this next month (January 14th)! I hope your Holidays are wonderfully memorable, and Happy New Year!

Martha (Mermaid - I love to swim)

P.S. This wrong-word incident reminds me of a related story. For MANY years, I loved and sung to the song, Bad Moon Rising" by Creedance Clearwater Revival (you may be too young to remember this one... anyway, in the song there are the words, "Don't go around tonight, Well, it's bound to take your life, there's a Bad Moon on the Rise." For at least 20 years I thought the last line was, "There's a bathroom on the right." I would sing this song at the top of my lungs, not caring who hears me, obviously; until one day someone laughed at me, saying what the words REALLY were. I still today, laugh when I hear that song... kind of like our new version of Winter Wonderland... there's a bathroom on the ringht! Sheesh, what does THAT have to do with dying.... well, I guess if you need a bathroom real quick.... oh, never mind... Im getting old and am easily entertained! "...until the alligators knocked him down!" Now THAT's funny!

12/22/2011 5:26:02 PM - Randy G - Orange County, CA

Hey Mermaid,

I'm definitely old enough to remember CCR (I turned 51 last week)! Please share my apologies with the folks in your group....and seriously if a recording ever surfaces of the song...I need to hear it!

I was going to fix the site right away, but it's kinda funny, so maybe I'll leave it there for a bit longer! :)

I'm glad that we all got a little laugh out of it! I'm still giggling with the mental picture of your group singing right along with nobody noticing!

And, sorry to all that have read this post that we side tracked a bit from the Random Acts of Kindness. Mermaid's funny story cracked me up a bit, so sharing it was a Random Act of Kindness toward me!

Merry Christmas All!

Randy G.
XmasFun.com

12/22/2011 8:07:36 PM - maricela - Turlock

For Christmas I'm going to make nice cards for my naberhood

12/25/2011 10:05:30 PM - Alexandria - California

You know what, I made a Carol book, too, and I noticed that a lot of the words were wrong. Such as, in "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" it says cousin BELLE, but it is supposed to be cousin Melle. GREAT DETECTIVE WORK!

12/22/2011 11:35:32 AM. - justin and cody - Desoto, Texas

we went and volunteered at a homeless shelter and served them dinner a few times a month

12/22/2011 6:11:42 PM - nene - miami

i do my chores for my mom to be good

12/22/2011 6:14:15 PM - Justin and Cody - Texas

That's nice

12/28/2012 5:50:15 AM. - Chara kapodistria - Greece

very nice....i wish i could do the same you did...

12/22/2011 11:33:17 AM. - KC - Desoto, Texas

I made a pillow for my mom and she was so amazed i did it on my own cause i am10

12/22/2011 10:42:56 AM - Jeanie - Portland,OR

Occasionally various times all year, but at Christmas especially, I tip attendants at gas stations who clean your windshield or just because the urge hits me. They are always surprised and so appreciative! One had a new baby at home. We still have self serve.

12/22/2011 10:27:57 AM - pat - north babylon, ny

I donated a winter coat, and clothes to my daughters school for a child in need and I also donated money for animals in need of homes.

12/22/2011 11:05:41 AM - Livvy - Pennsylvania

That Is Very Nice Of You!

12/22/2011 9:57:30 AM - Liz - Missippi

I helped my mom cook and she has had a bad cold
And gave her medicine and we al should be helpfu
L when someone else is not feeling well
And mme andmydad sang Christmas carols
Isang innorthcarolina at a conference
And dad sang with a chior as well
We have these gifts because of god he ga ve them to us to use amen!!!!!!!!!

12/22/2011 11:05:01 AM - Livvy - Pennsylvania

I Do That Too With My Parents!

12/22/2011 9:51:51 AM. - Cindy Lou - Elkton, MD

I cleaned my closets of clothes I rarely wear and cleaned out my cupboards of food that never seems to get eaten...then I visited the grocery store and Goodwill to finish up and round out the gifts and treasures I found to take to the ladies and children at our Battered Women's Center. I sure hope those babies wake up on Christmas with a gift waiting for every single one of them. I also bought new ladies "necessities"; we ALL need to feel human and beautiful. I pray these individuals are blessed with a place to live and the means by which to keep it. God bless them all, they've been through enough in this life!

12/22/2011 11:37:54 AM - Katie - West Deptford

God blesss you too! You are a nice person!

9/5/2012 3:44:13 PM. - Bailey - Virginia

what a lovely thing to do!!! so nice of you!!! hope this year in christmas time, you give the same respect :)
bless ya!
xoxoxo Have a very very early merry christmas :)

12/22/2011 9:19:49 AM - Olivia - Gallitzin

Helped my art teacher wrap gifts for 5th graders!!(:
Merry Christmas!!!!