Festive Fun

AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS SONGS

Deck the Sheds
(Tune - Deck the Halls)
 
Deck the sheds with bits of wattle
Falalalala lala la la
Whack some gum leaves in a bottle
Falalalala lala la la
All the shops are open Sundays
Falalalala lala la la
Buy your Dad some socks and undies
Falalalala lala la la
 
Deck the sheds with bits of gum tree
Falalalala lala la la
Hang some decos off the plum tree
Falalalala lala la la
Plant some kisses on the missus
Falalalala lala la la
Have a ripper Aussie Christmas
Falalalala lala la la
 
Say g'day to friends and relies
Falalalala lala la la
Wave them off with bulging bellies
Falalalala lala la la
Kids and babies, youngies, oldies
Falalalala lala la la
May your fridge be full of coldies
Falalalala lala la la
 
Chop the wood and stoke the barbie
Falalalala lala la la
Ring the folks in Abu Dhabi
Falalalala lala la la
Pop the stuffing in the Turkey
Falalalala lala la la
Little Mary's feeling ercky!
Falalalala lala la la
 
Rally rally round the table
Falalalala lala la la
Fill your belly while you're able
Falalalala lala la la
Joyce and Joanie, Dave and Daryl
Falalalala lala la la
Sing an Aussie Christmas Carol
Falalalala lala la la
 

Australian 12 Days of Christmas
(Tune - 12 Days of Christmas)
 
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me.

1. An emu up a gum tree.
2. Two pink galahs.
3. Three jabirus.
4. Four kookaburras.
5. Five kangaroos.
6. Six platypuses.
7. Seven koalas climbing.
8. Eight possums playing.
9. Nine wombats working.
10. Ten lizards leaping.
11. Eleven numbats nagging.
12. Twelve parrots prattling
 
Australians Let us BBQ
(Tune - Advance Australia Fair)
 
Australians let us barbeque
For Christmas time is here
We've Christmas pud and t-bone steaks
And slabs of ginger beer.
 
We've gone and got the rellies round
And we'll all have a ball
So let's kick back and have ourselves
A Yuletide free-for-all.
 
Our forebears came from distant shores
To set this party up
So we could dine with paper plate
And polystyrene cup.
 
On patterned plastic table cloth
We'll eat our Christmas pies
If our forebears could see us now
They'd not believe their eyes!
 
Across this land in summer sun
In backyards small and great
We'll raise our voice in one accord
With "Merry Christmas, mate!"
 
In outback heat and city street
And all points in between
Come join with us and celebrate
This Aussie Christmas scene!
With sausages and coleslaw too
Then let us Barbeque.

 
MAKE A REINDEER

Materials:

Pencil
Scissors
Three cardboard toilet tissue rolls
Acrylic craft paints - black and brown
Paintbrush
Opaque paint markers - black and white
Pink crayon
Brown paper bag
Cotton ball
Tacky craft glue

Directions:

Cut out a ½” wide x 1½" long strip from one cardboard roll. Cut out another strip just behind this one.

Paint the three cardboard rolls brown. Let dry. Paint the bottom 1” of the two uncut rolls black for hooves. With paint markers, paint the eyes and nose on the cut roll, adding a white dot in each pupil and a long comma like stroke on nose after black paint is dry.

Lay the two uncut rolls next to each other with hooves on the same end and glue together. Glue head (cut roll) to the font of one of these two rolls, positioning it about 2½ " above the bottom edge of reindeer's leg.
May ears from brown paper bag. Use pink crayon to colour the inside of each ear. Crease ears and glue to each side of head.

Glue cotton ball on back of body for tail.

 
CHRISTMAS CAROL AND SONG QUIZ

Each carol or song, old and new, is identified on the list below by the initial letters of the words in the first line, which is not necessarily the title. Answers on request from Editor

AIAMNCFAB
THATI
ITBM
OIRDC
AFTROG
DTHWBOH
OCTOCT
TFNTADS
WSWTFBN
OCAYF
GRYMG
HTHAS
ICUAMC
SNHN
OLTOB
OTFDOC
WTKOOA
RATCT
ISTSCSI
DDMOH
GKWLO
JBJBJATW
WWYAMC
LTAIB
IDOAWC
AIWFCIMTFT
WJWAOM
LLLLTC
DDMOH
FTSWAVHS
LJSS
WTTOTSDB
IDJSSWHA
ISMKSC
WSGSUTC
RTRNR
LDLDOTDR
HFIITB
CIFTCCUTCT
OHN, IHTSAG
IBTLALLC
HYAMLC
CROAOF
HWCAW
JTTW
BABOTSOTM
JBJBJBR
CT, MAW
SBR, AYL
SBLASUTTFM
IWICBCED