You know " Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer , " but do you call back the most famous " Rudolph " takeoff of all — that one featuring acowpokewith a very lustrous artillery ? There are many , many more song parodies that practice the tunes of familiarChristmas vocal . We ’ve rounded up just a few others that you might not know , but should .
1. JOHNNY THE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Johnny Manziel was a redshirt freshman for Texas A&M in the fall of 2012 when he blew past all contender and won theHeisman Trophy , the first freshman ever to win the award . Michael Cordova wrote a littlesongabout it , do to the tune of “ Rudolphthe Red - Nosed Reindeer . ”
The Song dynasty is unforesightful , but it was really popular with Aggies that year .
2. DECK US ALL WITH BOSTON CHARLIE
Walt Kelly drew the syndicated comic comic strip " Pogo " from 1948 to 1975 . Pogo the opossum and his beast friends in the Okefenokee Swamp talked a luck of nonsense that hid societal and political satire among the laughs . ForChristmas , the caustic remark give way to downright silliness , as the cast sangclassic Christmas carolswith falderol lyrics . The best sleep with was “ Deck Us All with Boston Charlie , ” a take on " Deck the Halls , " which run year after year .
There are actually six over verses to this song ; you could find out allthe lyricsat The Straight Dope and check out some of therelevant comics here .
3. BUZZFEED CHRISTMAS
Randall Munroe at xkcdput unexampled lyric to a few lines of the Sung dynasty “ The Twelve Days of Christmas , ” which is a list in itself , to parody the list Lord at Buzzfeed .
4. AUSSIE JINGLE BELLS
“ Jingle Bells ” is n’t specifically about Christmas — it ’s really just about ride through the snow on a wintry day . But in Australia , Christmas occurs during the continent ’s summer time of year . So the Australian duo Bucko & Champs ( Colin Buchanan and Greg Champion ) recorded a new variant with Australian lyrics in 1993 holler " Aussie Jingle Bells . ” It became so popular down under that they re - released it on their Christmas albumAussie Christmas with Bucko & Champsin 1996 . The lyric poem arehereif you want to talk along .
5. THE FIRST HARD SELL
desire to verbalise your displeasure about the overemphasis on the shopping part of Christmas ? prove out this parody song , attributed toChristopher Hershey , that ’s sung to the melodic phrase of “ The First Noel . ”
6. WARNER WONDERLAND
MusicianJim Keyesposted a video in which he played “ Winter Wonderland ” on YouTube several days ago . Warner Music Group had it removed on grounds of copyright infringement . Keyes knew that there ’s a fashion around that : Parody songsare protected from charges of misdemeanour . So he altered the lyric of “ Winter Wonderland ” to tellthe storyof what happened .
7. HAMLET, THE DANISH PRINCELING
Mya Gosling range the webcomicGood Tickle Brain , where she turnsShakespeareon his straits for a jape . On Christmas Day 2014 , she gave us " Hamlet , the Danish Princeling , " with language to be set to the tune of " Rudolph , the Red - Nosed Reindeer . " In the same spot , she also has the parody songs " Good King Henry V " and " Hark the Herald Witches Sing . "
8. THE CHEMISTRY TEACHER’S COMING TO TOWN
Here ’s one that might get a little smile to the face of students studying for final exam , set to the melody of “ Santa Claus is arrive to Town . ”
This and 13 other Christmas songs converted to chemistry jokes can be find atWesleyan University ’s Physics department .
