If you are Canadian and happened to grow up in the dinosaur era with me, Bob & Doug McKenzie were “rock stars” with their rendition of the Twelve Days of Christmas. They could have used the handy teaching guide above to get the days straight. Here we go in our juvenile race to the bottom…and be sure to belt out Kielbasa after 5 Golden Rings, the Kanigan boys edited version. (5 Golden Rings of Kielbasa!) Such beautiful typography, marred with this…
(The jingle starts at 1.35 min of this clip.)
↓ click for audio (Bob & Doug McKenzie; Album: The Great White North – “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)
Image Source: design-milk.com. Typography of the “12 Days of Christmas” carol was produced by designer Erin Jang of The Indigo Bunting and her designs are now available on the Paperless Post.
My 3 year-old granddaughter loves this song.
Darlene, I’m sure she loves the original version…and less so this one. Let’s hope so. 🙂
Ah, nothing like a good tune from the McKenzie Brothers 🙂
About time my fellow Canadian fans came out of the woodwork. I would urge you not to disclose to your followers of Another Lovely Day, that you are actually a fan of this stuff. Followers would start dropping like rocks and you’ll pollute the your well of gentle, beauty and kindness. 🙂
sigh — Are you saying that I shouldn’t post the YouTube link for Bob and Doug’s single, “Take Off,” as my topic of the day?
“Okay, everyone, like this is me on the drums!”
“Oh, get out!”
Ah, well . . . 🙂
Yea, post it. Anonymously. You have a good thing going on Another Lovely Day. I would hate for others to misunderstood this deviant side. 🙂
Good day eh? Oh ya betcha!
You are crossing Canadian with Finnish. Come on.
I used to know those when I was younger but I have since forgot them. It was nice to reminisce! Thank you 😀
:). Thanks.
I nominated you for the “Blog of the Year 2012” award. Please go to and go to this link at http://ivonprefontaine.com/2012/12/17/blog-of-the-year-stars-4-5-and-6/
Congratulations!
Ivon, thank you so much. I appreciate your nomination. Happy holidays to you and your family. Dave
Now where have I been David? I have never heard this before…I guess you can tell I didn’t grow up in Canada 🙂
OMG, do to you see how much culture you have missed? And it also accounts for your stable and quiet mind and ability to get so much done. (Take out the trash and leave it in the can). Meanwhile, I’m regurgitating this…
I’ll never be able to listen to the original again without cracking up.
I haven’t never been able to sing the original without adding Kielbasa to the five golden rings. Oh, how the wicked mind works. 🙂
Actually, heard it while listening to the SIRIUS 80’s channel in Arizona last weekend. My Hilarious…my brothers and I loved Great White North and Strange Brew. Classic Max Von Sydow. Though my mother did not think it was too funny when we tried to paint a stripe down the back of our Cocker Spaniel and call him “Hoser” when we were kids. Ahhh, the memories…
You did that? (try to paint the dog). Hilarious! Still laughing…
I still like Jeff Foxworthy’s version of “12 Days of Christmas”. Any song that includes: big mud tires, flannel shirts, and hunting dogs, is sure to get a chuckle of out anyone!
Yes, his version is too good. I might argue better than Bob and Doug (saying this is heresy to my gang)…
Oh Doug and Bob. Perpetuaters of all the wrong Canadian stereotypes. Sigh…
Yep. Had to squarely pegged for this response. I just love consistency in those closest to me. 🙂
Seriously? I’m that predictable?
Afraid so. Except for this closet affinity you have with dogs. As they say: “Doth protest too much.” 🙂
LAUGHING!
No comeback.
Again.
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Thanks for sharing Kalabalu.
it was interesting
happy new year 2013- to you and your family :))
Thank you! You too…
Yes our family version is the best and nobody beats Uncle Walter singing bass.
Ahhhhh, I neglected to mentioned Uncle Walter singing bass…hitting those low guttural notes. Big miss on my part.
One of the funniest, eh?
Ahhh, take the low hanging fruit. Ha!
You should expect nothing less from the person closest to the ground..;-)
Laughing. Yep. You are on point.
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