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Type in any Christmas song and see what the little puppets do. Also, type in any non-Christmas song and you'll get a kick out of the response. They also get mixed up sometimes and sing the wrong one

It's Christmas time, and that means it's time to enjoy A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' melancholy tale of a productive businessman who gets worked over by three meddling supernatural social workers one Christmas Eve, transforming him into a simpering socialist. It's almost as sad as Star Wars, really. A Christmas Carol had someone other than that crypto-commie Dickens written it. So, for your holiday enjoyment, I submit these re-imaginings of A Christmas Carol, as other authors might have depicted it:

Bruce Bain doesn't attend church regularly, but nothing was going to keep him from showing up on the corner of 17th Street and Tremont Place on Friday night. "How can you have the Parade of Lights without the 'light of the world'?" he asked. "Christmas is a religious holiday." So the 56-year-old Englewood man joined hundreds of Christmas carolers from metro-area churches and sang along the Parade of Lights route. They sang on 15th Street. They sang at Court Place. And they sang at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street. What they didn't do was raise hell. Yes, it was a...

OK Gang, What is, in your opinion, the finest version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"? It can be a TV, Movie, or animated version.

There's a radio station in Louisville, Kentucky, that -- many moons ago -- ran 'twisted' little songs to be sung to the tune of Christmas carols. We've always gotten a kick out of them, so I thought I'd post one of our favorites here for your enjoyment. Oh, and by the way, if any FReeper is familiar with these and has the words to more PLEASE let me know. I've lost several and would love to have them! (to the tune of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen) The restroom door said Gentlemen So I just went inside... The moment I...