pope_guilty brings me amusing carols.

[theweaselking]

God Rest Ye, Unitarians

Gods rest ye, Unitarians, let nothing you dismay;
Remember there's no evidence there was a Christmas Day;
When Christ was born is just not known, no matter what they say,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

There was no star of Bethlehem, there was no angels' song;
There couldn't have been wise men for the trip would take too long.
The stories in the Bible are historically wrong,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact!

Our current Christmas Customs come from Persia and from Greece,
From solstice celebrations of the ancient Middle East.
This whole darn Christmas spiel is just another pagan feast,
O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Another version here:

http://hamjudo.com/~steve/humor/xmas/godrestye.html

[angelik-fiona.livejournal.com]

ok......

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

We sing it as "God rest ye merry heretics"

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I'll see your Unitarians and raise you the Great Old Ones.

[doug-palmer.livejournal.com]

> This whole darn Christmas spiel is just another pagan feast,

Well, of course it is. That's the problem with these stripped-down, puritan versions: no proper bottom.

"Oh, the rising of the sun and the running of the deer"

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I happened to read this on my laptop while sitting in the living room of some friends, with many gathered together to consume turkey and watch silly movies.

When I laughed out loud the guy sitting next to me looked over at the screen, then he and I started singing out loud together.

By the end of the first stanza we had broken the one professional carol singer in the gathering and reduced others to laughter. Thank you.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

I am incredibly impressed with the metre. I generally hate parodies of songs because the rhythm is all wrong *coughcoughpoetrygeekcough*, but this one was fabulous. Thanks!