someone posted another set of german words for this a week or so ago - i wish i'd copied or marked them somehow.
Great job, MM - I'll use it, for sure - though I may put in "O Schadenfreude" instead, despite it not being quite in the same meter --- placing the "-freu-de" syllable on the same note as "-baum"
There is clearly plenty of fodder for a second and third verse (at least) for all the songsmiths and wordsmiths hereabouts to fiddle with.
In fact, I think we should have SEVERAL carols for this festive holiday season.
If I get some time next week, I might try to do a few. Deck the Halls, Winter Wonderland, and Up On the Housetop are ones that would work quite well.
I really don't want to parody the sacred carols, as I feel it would not be appropriate. But there are plenty of non-religious carols to work with.
Maybe ATRW could come up with a carol book which we could debut on the main forum riight after Thanksgiving!