So. This is Christmas.

By Parson Thru

Thu, 25 Dec 2014
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Mon beau sapin, roi des forêts
Que j'aime ta verdure!
Quand, par l'hiver, bois et guérets
Sont dépouillés de leurs attraits
Mon beau sapin, roi des forêts
Tu gardes ta parure.

Toi que Noël planta chez nous
Au saint anniversaire!
Comme ils sont beaux, comme ils sont doux
Et tes bonbons et tes joujoux!
Toi que Noël planta chez nous
Tout brillant de lumière.

Mon beau sapin tes verts sommets
Et leur fidèle ombrage
De la foi qui ne ment jamais
De la constance et de la paix,
Mon beau sapin tes verts sommets
M'offrent la douce image.

French traditional.

Well I could never have written it, could I?

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

An ode to a Christmas tree, peut-etresmiley

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

C'est possible, madame. Joyeux Noel! x

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I love this song parson, and I love that its tune is the same as that of the Internationale too. Here's something I didn't know for a year or two after joining ABC: if you post something in a foreign language you must also post a full translation. Something for you to do when you get bored of eating!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Calling Google Translate! Mayday! Mayday! I might have seen that rule. I remember singing this in a French lesson at school. Streets ahead of "Feliz Navidad", which I had to sing in a Spanish lesson a couple of years back. Will post the translation as a matter of the utmost urgency. I never knew that about the Internationale. I always get that mixed up with the latter Soviet anthem. Hope you're chilling nicely.

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

My mistake! It's this tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDIuApfVxBg   - you're right - sorry!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Ah! The Red Flag! Por supuesto! Doh! No, comrade, you were right all along!

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

An atheist Christmas carol.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Very stirring - Merry Christmas! Don't forget the translation!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Merry Boxing Day. My Beautiful Fir Tree - loses something in translation. O Tannenbaum?

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

My beautiful fir tree, king of the forests,
How much I like your leafy finery.
When in Winter, woods and tilled land
Are bare of their appeal
My beautiful fir tree, king of the forests
You keep your leafy finery.

You, that Father Christmas planted in our home
For the Holy Birthday.
Pretty fir tree, how fine and
Sweet your candy and toys are,
You, that Father Christmas planted in our home
All glittering.

My beautiful fir tree, your green treetops
And their constant shade,
My beautiful fir tree, your green treetops
Give the sweet picture
Of truthful faith,
Of constancy and peace.

Parson Thru