Picture of the Day for 12/12/2010. My great-niece Hayley* sings in a German choir that holds an annual Christmas concert. Let me preference my snarky comments in the paragraph below with the observation that it's always a lovely concert. And what better way to start off the Christmas season than hearing Silent Night sung in the original German.
OK- now it's time for my irreverent take on the concert. The song titles were printed in German in the program. Hayley's mother, Chantal, and I were having a field day with the titles which meant absolutely nothing to us since we don't speak or read the language. We started to speculate what the titles could possibly mean and ended up coming up with our own interpretations. My personal favorite was "The Bald Nun is Crazy!"
*Hayley is the blond girl with the red dress in the middle of the back row.
here is a list of the lovely german songs and what they mean according to michelle and I and our grasp of the german language:
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ihr kinderlein kommet - the comet children
glockenmedley- a slew of guns
in dulci jubilo - we love italian ice cream!
oh du frohliche - oh crap
leise rieselt der schnee - ravenous wolves will eat your knees
kling glockchen kling - stick to your guns
we feel nothing else says happy holidays more than ravenous wolves, bald nuns and ice cream...merry christmas!!