The history and meaning of these holidays is discussed, often with examples of traditional songs. The first part of the book covers some of the traditions that take place on days other than Christmas itself, like St. So Christmas is celebrated like a giant outdoor block party! How in Colombia, in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s usually warm in December.That’s a fun way to get children to help with the post-holiday clean-up! How Scandinavians mark the end of the season by “plundering” the Christmas Tree on St.How in Italy it’s not Santa Claus who gives gifts to all the children.Mama Lisa’s Christmas Around The World is a celebration of the diversity and love with which many different cultures mark this joyful time of year. People everywhere love Christmas – but we don’t all celebrate it the same way. "My favorite lines in 'The Quartermaster Store' song from Philadelphia troop 415 in 1955 were: "When I was a guide (in the 1970's), for the second set of 'I have not brought my specs with me!' we used to sing 'I left them in the lavatory!'." There was jelly, jelly, wobbling on her belly, in the Quartermaster's stores'." 'There was Mabel, Mabel, underneath the table, in the stores, in the stores. Heidi wrote: "Found myself singing this this morning and couldn't remember all the words, and so found your page - much nostalgia, thanks! My Dad was in the Army during WWII and the 'enough gravy to sink the Navy' line led onto other verses far too filthy to repeat here! A couple of OK ones I can offer are: I'm sure there were others so if I can remember them, I'll pass them on. There were nails, nails the size of train track rails. There were clocks, clocks that smelled like football socks. There were hats, hats as big as cricket bats.
There were plates, plates as big as garden gates. There were dogs, dogs, the size of sows and hogs. There were chips, chips as big as battleships. I remember the following verses from when I was a child:. There is bread, bread as hard as lumps of lead. There are bears, bears, but no one really cares. There are beans, beans as big as submarines. There is cheese, cheese, to bring you to your knees. There is gravy, gravy, enough to sink a navy. There were eggs, eggs on tiny little legs There were eggs, eggs on tiny little legs,