I might have been around the first or second grade, and naughty songs sung to Christmas carols dominated playground time. There's the old chestnut "Jingle bells, batman smells, Robin laid an egg." I don't really remember the others, except for one that's kinda weird: It was sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells," but was about fighting Germans. I remember only the last three lines: "Look them Russkies win/We're heading into Red Christmas/Marching through Berlin."
Only many years later did it hit me that this was a 30-40 year-old song, if it was ever a song then. How did a bunch of kids around 1980 come to sing a Second World War song?
Ethel Merman has a song called "Marching Through Berlin."



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found more steampunks hereFlick said:
I came here to post 2 of the last 4 articles only to find out Hellx had beaten me to it.Mr. Guapo said:
I've shared this with an acquaintance in Thailand who has spent little time in the U.S. other than New York and wants to understand the culture. I sent it with a note that said, "I'm proud to be an American."doubleohsoul said:
Favorite quote: "You get used to it".garmr said:
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