on his feetnotes uneven

[calimac]

1. LJ is being erratic about sending comment notifications. I thought it was my e-mail provider, which is getting a little overenthusiastic about blocking spam, but I changed to another account, and it's not always working there either. I've been using the "recent comments" display as a backup. I was quite surprised when I just checked and found 5 comments on my latest post, which I'd doubted would generate any.

2. One of the comments opines that the story of "The Little Drummer Boy" is "dumb." I can't say I've found it so, any more than the whole premise of Nativity carols of Christ-child-worshipping is dumb, but that reminds me that there is one such carol with a line that looks a little less than optimally intelligent. It's from "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

A Child, a Child, shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold.

Wouldn't that make him even colder and less comfortable? How about:

A Child, a Child, shivers in the night
Let us bring him heat and some light
Let us bring him heat and some light.

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

In similar vein, I enjoyed this takedown of Good King Wenceslas.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Apparently that item has been eaten by the BBC one-week rule. But I should point out that my post title is an allusion to "Good King Sauerkraut looked out / on his feets uneven," a fractured version of Wenceslas from Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strip of the 1950s-60s. There's a whole generation of Americans who can't sing "Deck the Halls" without thinking of Pogo's "Deck us all with Boston Charlie." Including my previously-mentioned caroling party, which has Boston Charlie permanently in its songbook.