It’s almost Christmas, which means it’s time for the now-traditional Gansey Nation Christmas singalong:
Rudolph the blue-cheeked reindeer
Had icicles upon his nose,
So bad was his circulation
He could no longer feel his toes.
All of the other reindeer
Bought him thermal underwear,
But none of it made any difference,
He was frozen everywhere.
Then he knit himself a gansey,
And suddenly was warm as toast,
Though it was hard to hold the needles
With his best hoof uppermost.
Trees Reflecting at Delapre Abbey, Northampton
All of the other reindeer
Made fun of him behind his back,
And said if he wasn’t careful
Santa would give him the sack.
They said it looked too tricky,
But Rudolf laughed into the night,
He said, the yoke is easy,
And as for the burden, it’s light.
Then one frosty Christmas Eve,
Santa came to plead,
“Rudolf with your gansey grey
Won’t you pull my sled today?
“All of the other reindeer
Are frozen solid in the snow,
I’ve tried oxyacetyline,
But nothing seems to make them go.”
Inside the Christmas Tree, Southport
So Rudolf went with Santa
And off they soared into the sky
And Rudolf was warm and toasty,
For all that they flew so high.
They delivered all the presents,
And shared the sherry in the sled,
Till Rudolf got so tipsy,
Even his nose was red.
All of the other reindeer
Were sorry then and had the blues,
But none was as sorry as Dancer
‘Cos Rudolf threw up on his shoes.
Now all the reindeer are knitting,
And a gansey’s what everyone wears,
While Rudolf’s hungover and grumpy
But Christmas was saved, so who cares!
A merry Christmas to all our readers from Margaret and Gordon. Let’s do it all again next year!
Christmas greetings to you both xxmeg
A very merry Christmas to you too, Meg.
Happy Christmas, every one ???
Thou also, old son.
“Take this Gansey yoke upon you and learn knitting, and you will find rest for your souls.” Thanks for your Gansey song, wishing you both a happy Christmas.
There was one question that came to mind – what thoughts did the trees have after their time of reflection at Delapre Abbey?
Lovely to see you both today. Have a very happy Christmas!
And as for the trees, as it happens I used my celebrated tree whisperer skills (it was either that or Medieval Latin in Archive School), and this is what I picked up: “Wet, isn’t it…?”
Lovely song! I look forward to introducing my friends to it.
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas, Tamar!
Hello Gordon ! Many thanks for the song ! I usually give the “Old celtic blessing for a handmade garment” to those who get a gansey from me. Just now I think the next friend will get a gansey with this Rudolph´s song.
Very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year to both of You !
Thank you Judit and all the compliments of the season to you!
A very merry Christmas to you both! Thank you for a year of delightful Ganseys, information, history, pictures and poetry!! May this coming year be a most happy and healthy one for you both!
A very merry Christmas to you too Linda
At last, the true history of Rudolph’s nose! Merry Chrsitmas and chuckles all through the coming year.
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