The Killer Trees (O, Tannenbaum)

Because it's Christmas. Because it's cute. Because Candice Bergen is hawt!

1 posted on 12/25/2015 6:53:55 PM PST by o_1_2_3__

I forgot just how talented of a singer Garrett Morris is.

2 posted on 12/25/2015 7:03:05 PM PST by dfwgator

I never knew it. He’s hitting the notes and nailing the pronunciation — “tanen-bowm”.

3 posted on 12/25/2015 7:09:51 PM PST by o_1_2_3__ ( Ã¢Â€Â“)

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter!
Du grunst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter!

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Wie oft hat nicht zur Weihnachtszeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Bestandigkeit
Gibt Mut und Kraft zu jeder Zeit!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren!

There are many English versions. They don't seek to literally translate the German. But its a rough equivalent:

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
They are green when summer days are bright,
They are green when winter snow is white.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
How oft at Christmas tide the sight,
O green fir tree, gives us delight!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Forever true your colour.
Your boughs so green in summertime
Stay bravely green in wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Forever true your colour.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You fill my heart with music.
Reminding me on Christmas Day
To think of you and then be gay.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You fill my heart with music.

A German pastoral poem that commemorates "Die Tanne" - the fir tree. It was admired by German poets for its ever-green qualities. Over the centuries it changed from a serenade to the beauty of nature into our now familiar and beloved Christmas hymn.

4 posted on 12/25/2015 7:51:16 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)

To: goldstategop

Mason Williams has a poem about Christmas trees that’s rather profound.

5 posted on 12/25/2015 10:06:43 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")

It got Frank Zappa, too.

6 posted on 12/25/2015 10:09:23 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)

LOL, I forgot about this one...

7 posted on 12/25/2015 10:16:38 PM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)

Heh, “Simon says...Kill the person next to you!”

8 posted on 12/25/2015 10:18:11 PM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)

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