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Got 4 of my boys (3xvic, 1xSA) up north with the firies. Praying for rain.

True.... Tnp....can sing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air song

False...never seen an episode. Tnp....can sing the Gilligan's island song.

The kid had a book called Zoo Poo... toilet training book...I think it was just saying poo that was the fun bit..but it was super cute. She so had a picture book that came with a CD of the song and it was amazing pictures and the words were the lyrics of the Dylan song Man named all the animals...she did spend a month or so saying "in a beginning" at the end of every sentence. Robert Sabuda's...anything...12 days of Christmas or any of his other pop up books...Believe is a really good one..all about believing in yourself and making your dreams come true.

@Cbdave you and all your mob safe? Sending prayers up to all in fire zones atm, especially the bloody cockroaches as three massive bushfires merege into one just out of Sydney...Gunna be a long night for fieries. Stay safe all. @forestgreen...hope you and you mob are safe too. Remember, leave early...you can get new shit but not a new you.

Oh Nd the kid loved this one...when you read the frog bits you have be really loud and obnoxious... The Big Wide Mouthed Frog by Martin Larranaga

Amazing Babes by Eliza Sarkis This is a new one (2012) and was written by a mother for her son for his first birthday....it's a basic picture book that features amazing and inspirational women from all over the world... It starts with the sentence "as I grow...." Then each double page spread has an illustration of the person and a quality they had....ie Then at the end there is a little paragraph about eat babe and why she was amazing.... There activists, there are inventors, there are artist's and the kid lived it, but so does my nephew.

So with @Boo building a bookcase for BB and me doing a tidy up of the kids books with the view to sending some to the Salvos...(Salvation Army)..I got thinking what books, in your opinion are a must for kids...and why. It might be something you remember from your childhood...or something you read to you kids or grandkids.

Goodbye Greedy....taken much too soon....thanks for helping write my soundtrack... Last of the original Mental still playing your trade.

Remembering to say hi from Doreen...her Nicky is keeping her so busy she doesn't have time to pop on but she misses everyone heaps an will be on again soon.

Waiting on a train home...had a blast with Doreen and Nicky...although there may have been guest appearances from some of you mob at lunch. So in typical Melbourne style we ate all round the world...German for lunch, yep D got some sausage, then Street side at a laneway cafe for coffees..then dinner was Italian...I had the bestest day ever....but will now be obsessed with finding my mystical feather that the wheel of fortune said is coming.

Having coffee and tarrot with Doreen and Nicky

Headin inta town to catch up with our Doreen!

True!!!!!!! Tnp is trying to decide what's for dinner.

False...I don't even think they sell that here. TNP just got the kiln joke...cos they were trying to think how making bread or tandoori fit into Christmas fare, especially in California and if you don't like spicy food....and then it jerried.

True....and they get a presdie under the tree too...usually teddies...which they fight over...usually swap then one of them hides them all in his spot and sits guard....kids, um I mean dogs. Tnp has a dish they only ever make st Christmas.

^ omg...prophetic meme...who woulda thunk Christmas last year that our resident goat would be hitched and having a baby Chrissy this year.

Here's the one I found for @catlover

I umed and ahhed about posting Johnny Cash....cos I secretly like to see if you will vote against him..lol Here is a little piece of hell that has escaped....

False...just a tree inside...a fake one at that cos the pine ones annoy the asthmatic. Tnp has a coordinated colour scheme for their Christmas tree.

Here's Iggy Pop... Kinda growing on me...love the hohoho at the start...

So.. was thinking of Christmas themed Covers or Original and fell into a you tube black hole....so have decided during Christmas we should shelve the usual weeklyish poll and have a Chrissy one. This week's song is White Christmas...your challenge (and it will be with some of these) is to listen to the versions of the song and vote for your favourite. Now for this vote I am excluding the best version, Bing Crosby, because it would be too easy..I have tried to find a variety of sounds in the versions...oh and @johnny5 THIS is the worst cover of any song the Gunners ever did...but I had to included it...kinda like I had to include the Billy Idol one for pure cheese value. .... So this vote isn't about what's the best....it is for those in the poll which do you prefer....might not even be because it sounds the best, might be cos ya laughed so hard ya coffee came out ya nose. Preparing this I have listened to over 30 versions of this song....many worthy, many more not...but I had to limit this to 6....if you have another version you love OR hate post it up peeps. Without further ado I give you... 1. The Drifters 2. Kate Cebrano (cos I gotta have an Aussie in the mix)... 3. Guns n Roses ... Cos if my ears had to bleed do should yours 4. Otis Redding 5. Billy Idol..pure cheese 6. Bob Marley I kid you not there were still least 10 others I wanted to post.....I'm thinking the Drifters will get it...any of the Brat Pack has a great version, then there are the girls, Ella (who has both a Bing style and a Drifters style), Doris, Vera, Reba, Dolly, Darlene, so fricken many....and the group's, Kiss doing an acapella version, Westlife, twisted sister, America, Chicago, Nkotb, chocolate factory, omg you have no fruckin idea how many...Jerry Lee Lewis....Iggy Pop (which kind of disturbed me)...Elvis.....White Christmas the gift that keeps on giving..

True....wouldn't that be easiest. Tnp has their Chrissy decos up.