..:::Oh Christmas Tree.::.Oh Christmas Tree::..

I like the holidays...for the most part. Okay, I could do without the sale-crazed people, the outrageous consumption of the masses, and I could definitely do without the Christmas music before Thanksgiving.... However, the generosity of the season outweighs the cons. The unselfishness always amazes me.

Well, back to the music...

I'm not one of those people who listens to Christmas music in July. I find it odd and somewhat irritating. I hate it when the radio starts playing it before Thanksgiving. It's just irritating. BUT, when I DO start listening to festive music, I just can't stop! In fact, they're playing in my classroom right now!

Apparently I'm not the only one who enjoys the season's songs. My second graders have been singing along all afternoon. I LOVE hearing them sing along to the songs (even if they're not all the right words) haha

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Forget Shorty... It's all about Shawnee!

It seems as if I'm catching all of the crazy kiddie talk that is going on around me lately. Today after lunch, I overheard a little boy singing to himself a song that went something like this: "Charlie is a memory in my head da ma deeda do..." He repeated this line over and over.

When I stopped to ask him what the words were he said that he didn't know them all but san it again anyway. Then another boy heard and said that the name wasn't Charlie, it was Shirley. They debated it a moment and decided to call in a third party. When a little girl got into the mix, she convinced everyone that the song went like this: "Shawnee is a melody in my head got me singin...." (she didn't know the rest either). So, for the rest of the day this is what they were singing. Over and over and over...

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::..Oh, the Sings they Sing..:::

Every morning we sing "America the Beautiful". I thought you'd enjoy their rendition of it :)

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For ever wave of gray;
For purple mountain majesty
A-BOVE the fruity plain!

AMERICA! AMERICA! (shouting)
God shed His grace on dee,
And crowned my good with bro-ther-hood,
From sea to shining SEAAAAAA.!!

Haha... you should hear them in the morning. They make me laugh! I mean, ever wave of grey, what is that?... and why is dee so special in God's eyes?? Silly kids!

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