Grinch Corner

At school assembly we used to sing "While shepherds washed their socks by night, all seated round the tub, an angel of the Lord came down, and taught them how to scrub". Deeply religious lot we were.

 

We three kings of orient are
One in a taxi, one in a car
One on a scooter blowing his hooter
Going to Potters Bar

 

Good King Wenceslas looked out of his bedroom window
Silly bu**er he fell out on a red hot cinder
Brightly shone his b*m that night though the frost was cruel
Then a poor man came in sight and said "you silly foo-ool"

 

Last line was followed by Ringo Star in the version I remember, goes back to a certain time.

 

We must have been very irreverent

 

We three kings of Liverpool are
John in a taxi
Paul in a car George on a scooter
blowing his hooter
Followed by Ringo Starr

That was our version

 

We used to go to a church for a carol concert at Christmas time with the school.
They Knocked it down to build a shopping centre.
Is that irreverent.

 

My OH’s calendar.

 

You are making a big assumption that it from the internet and from AI.
If you have access to a different number or alternative "Bethelem Israel" please share.
Also note neither myself nor the New Testament refers to snow at the time of the birth of Jesus which was almost certainly not in December.

 

Highly unlikely to have snow if the temps were that high too!

Yes @Little_Weed - I remember the Beatles version of that, but I couldn't remember all the words. I think we sang # We three Beatles of Orient are...' but it ended with 'Following Ringo Starr'.

 

In my art group they asked what I was doing for Christmas and I said I'd be pottering in my greenhouse and shed.
The looks of horror that came on their faces was a picture
What do they expect me to do ? Sit in the house watching rubbish on the tv and eating food I don't want or like and getting more bored by the minute ?? ... I don't think so !

And I don't know why relations ask me to visit them. I don't see them the rest of the year, and if I was to see them at all I'd rather do it in the summer when it's warmer and lighter and easier to get about.
They'll probably phone, but I won't hear it ring if I'm pottering in the greenhouse or shed !

I'll be phoning my friend though, or she'll phone me but that's all.

 

I'm not making as assumption, big or small. When I did an internet search for "Does it snow in Bethlehem?" one of the first in the list was "Visit the Holy City of Bethlehem The average snowfall in Bethlehem, Israel is around 530mm every year." That is quite simply wrong.

 

But the assumption is that I used the internet rather than a book.
Also how do you know it's wrong are you a long term resident of Bethlehem?