I was not a fan of the internet yesterday. I mean hi, yeah I’m supposed to be working. But during the time I do have to read blogs and post my own blog was not fun at all. For some reason the comment boxes were taking so long to register and hello? I’m not a patient person! And even though, wordpress and I have worked out our comment issues, I’m still getting used to setting up pictures in wordpress so that took forever. So basically, I’m behind on my blog reading and commenting. Today is going to be a long work day so I will try to catch up then.
Have you ever seen the Friends episode when Joey and Phoebe get in the argument about selfless good deeds? I’m pretty excited because…..I just recently (last week) took an old Christmas album from my childhood to a record shop to get transferred onto a CD. This record is very old, I’m mad I can’t recollect the year while I’m writing this but I think it might have been like 1954 or somewhere in there. Anyway, this record belonged to my grandmother, this is the record that my mom and her siblings grew up listening to this time of year. After my grandmother died, my mom was the one sibling who inherited the record, so in result of that, it’s also the record I grew up listening to. I heart this Christmas album very much. I have looked high and low for a copy or to see if it was out on CD and I came up empty every time. My only choice was to find a record shop that could transfer records to CD’s, so that’s exactly what I did. I made a copy for myself, my mom and my brother, who I thought would think it was cheesy but surprisingly he was pleased with it. I picked up the CD’s last Wednesday evening and so I was listening to it all day on Thanksgiving while I cooked and drank wine. When my Uncle walked in, he immediately asked me where I had gotten the record and I told him the story. I decided then to make each of my mothers siblings a copy as well and I mailed them out on Saturday morning. I received my first thank you today and it makes me so happy to know that I could give them something that maybe they had forgotten but were quickly reminded, or something that they had wished they had for so long but didn’t know how to get. Now those are the kind of Christmas gifts I like to give. 
I’ll leave you with the lyrics of my favorite song on the album….
Poor Santa…I think we all feel this way sometimes, yes?
Too Fat for the Chimney
Fat fat fat
He’s too fat, fat, fat
much too fat fat fat
He’ll never get down
Never get down
He’s too fat for the chimney
Too fat for the chimney
He’s too fat for the chimney
So open the door and let poor santa claus in
There’s no room for his tummy
Please do something mummy
Without Santa Claus O how can christmas begin
I don’t see how i’ll get the presents I’ve been looking for
I knew while sittin’ on his lap in that department store
that he’d have troubles by jimney
He’s too fat for the chimney
So open the door and let poor Santa Claus in
Take a look at that fat
O he’s certainly chubby
O so rub a dub tubby
Mrs. Christmas’s hubby
Never get down, never get down
He’s too fat for the chimney
He’s too fat for the chimney
So open the door and let poor Santa Claus in
There’s no room for his tummy
Please do something mummy
Without Santa Claus O how can Christmas begin?
One day I saw him on the street and I could quickly tell
that with his roly poly tum tum shaking just like gell
He just won’t make it by jimney
He’s too fat for the chimney
So open the door and let poor Santa Claus in
Let him in
Open the door
Let him in
Open the door
He can’t get down the chimney any more
So please let fat old Santa Claus in
Lyrics by Christmas With Gisele
5 Comments
November 27, 2007 at 6:17 pm
What a wonderful gift! I love sentimental stuff like that – I’m sure they all really appreciated your thoughtfulness!
November 28, 2007 at 1:18 am
That is an AWESOME present.
My cousins and I spent a lot of summers listening to an old tape of “hit” music in my grandma’s car. We knew all of the words. And her car started on fire (long story) and it melted. And then my grandma died and…we all scour the internet looking for the damn tape.
What I’m trying to say, I think, is that I hope I have a cousin as thoughtful and as resourceful as you are!
January 7, 2008 at 12:46 am
How cute! And what a great gift — a perfect idea for Christmas.
The Christmas album I was tortured with — erm, grew up with — was Amy Grant’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” My mom went all out with Christmas decorations (we had 9 Christmas trees — two full-sized and varying smaller trees), in addition to plenty of table-top decorations and the garland on the stairs (I was in charge of the last one, since my mom said I did it the best.).
My mom started decorating for Christmas the day after Halloween. Since it was so early, she needed Christmas music to get her in the mood to decorate. Out came Amy Grant.
All those decorations took a long time to put up, so my dad, brother and I were subjected to 24/7 Amy Grant throughout November and December. It became a family joke.
And because my mom kinda sucks, my dad and brother refuse to listen to that album today.
It really is a good CD, and because I pretty much grew up listening to it, I have bittersweet feelings about it. It’s weird not to hear it at Christmas.
I’m glad your Christmas album is 100% positive — and now 100% accessible!
December 3, 2008 at 4:27 am
I’m so glad to find someone (outside of my siblings) that remembers and appreciates “He’s too Fat for the Chimney. It was my favorite Christmas song when I was growing up. Thanks for posting the lyrics. You brought back some very fine memories.
January 21, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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So, first thing I suggest – open the Explorer, and type in the address you like.
You’ll get there really fast, it depends on your connection speed.
Good luck.