Well folks, the end of 2024 is hard upon us, and what a year it has been! The weather changes and the political winds have shifted, and because of that some of our neighbors are feeling a little blue. Here are some time-honored carols (with some minor lyrical modifications) that I hope can cheer all of us up. And remember, this is all in good fun.

My thanks (and apologies) to Elvis on this one.

It was supposed to be a blue Christmas without Trump,

They did all they could to pre-e-vent Trump,

Oh so sure he wouldn’t win, and he’d never run again,

But now it’s not a blue-blue-blue-blue Christmas.

Say, that was fun. Let’s try another.

She never told us what she stood for, Kamala la-la, la-la-la-la.

What in the world they let her run for, Kamala la-la, la-la-la-la.

Don we now our MAGA red hats, Kamala Kamala la-la-la.

She’s back in Cal with all the moonbats, Kamala la-la, la-la-la-la.

See if you can spot this one.

Walz he was no man, to be VP we know,

After wrecking Minn-e-ap-olis, he let it burn four yeas ago.

Walz he was no man, stolen valor we all know,

So he’s gone for good from our neighborhood,

Oh the joy to see him go.

Speaking of joy, can you feel it?

Joey to the world, his end is come, the job was not his thing.

They told us he could handle it, we knew he wasn’t wi-i-th it.

He’s out, oh feel the joy.

Repeat the sounding joy.

O-oh ca-an oh ca-a-an you feel the joy?

I’m dreaming of a White House Christmas

Just like the one eight years ago,

Where the West Wing glistens, and children listen,

A great America they’ll know.

I’m dreaming of a White House Christmas

With every parody I write.

May next year be merry and bright,

Project 2025 feels right.

That’s the holiday spirit! How about this one.

Oh they better watch out, they’ll probably cry,

Bureaucracies like the FBI,

President Trump is coming to town.

He knows that they were cheating, he knows they are a fake,

He knows that they’ve been bad not good,

They should leave for their own sake.

I hope we’ve been able to put some joy into your holiday season with these classics. Let’s close with this all-time favorite. It might be fun to get your keys and jingle them on this one.

Jingle bells, DC smells, corruption all the way,

Oh what fun to see this bunch go on their merry wa-ay.

Jingle bells, DC smells, corruption was the way,

Let’s make the nation great again Inauguration Day.

One more? OK but this is all we have space for.

When, you heard them speak they were dum-dum-dum-dum.

They should, have let Joe Biden run-run-run-run,

They lost the election now they’re done-done-done-done,

November 5th was so much fun-fun …

Gary Bourbeau lives in Gill.