An iPod and a Playstation 3!

Today was my last day at one of my elementary schools before school ends for winter break. So I decided, though it's a little early, to do Christmas lessons today. Cause, well, they're fun ^_^ Not much usable English gets taught, but it's a good chance for some cultural exchange and the kids always enjoy it.

For my 5th and 6th graders I decided to teach them the 12 Days of Christmas song. But, since it's kind of old, and I still have no idea what a partridge in a pear tree has to do with xmas (aside from some sneaky allusion to Christ), I opted for an updated version that I found on this website. Of course, since this version changes the words to modern gifts that people might actually want, there isn't a musical version to sing along to. Which meant we had to do it karaoke style, heh heh heh, which also meant they HAD to sing it cause there was no way to hide if they weren't >:D

Anyway, they lyrics to the final verse are:

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
12 pairs of Levis
11 electric guitars
10 boxes of Legos
9 mobile phones
8 Burberry bags
7 cans of cola
6 Barbie dolls
5 gold rings
4 teddy bears
3 soccer balls
2 Chanel gloves
and an iPod and a Playstation 3!

^_^

It was a bit tough, though really after I explained the intro (on the ~ day of xmas, my true love gave to me...) it's quite easy to understand. The most difficult part is the speed, which was pretty fast on the instrumental version of the song that I have. Plus, I've caught a cold, so singing that song repeatedly for 2 hours was a task... but hey! what's a little laryngitis when we're talking about presents?

Anyway, the kids loved it, and I heard them wandering around the rest of the day, mimicking my dramatic rendition of "5 gold rings!" ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ^_^

I am SO going to do this at the junior high schools...