Good Christian Men Rejoice

A couple of months ago we ordered Kaelyn a couple of Cedarmont Kids Christmas DVDs. They are really cute because the kids are dressed up and doing different Christmasy things from sleigh rides, to nativity scenes, to playing in the snow as they sing Christmas songs. Kaelyn loves music so she has picked up on quite a few songs this season from the DVDs and other places. Out of more than 30 songs on the 2 DVDs, of course one of her favorite songs HAD to be "Good Christian Men Rejoice". I had a bad feeling about it when the first time she watched the movie she kept starting the song over again. Now it's not that I DISLIKE the song necessarily and if that song is on your list of common and favorite Christmas carols then you won't find it strange at all. But for me, "Good Christian Men Rejoice" is not one of those carols I find myself humming and listening to over and over throughout the Christmas season. So tonight after she had her bath and I had read her a Christmas story, I was singing some Christmas songs while she was still on my lap. We sang "Joy to the World", "Away in a Manger", "Angels We have Heard on High", etc. I was hoping to get by without having to sing "Good Christian Men Rejoice" - partly just because I don't know the words that well, though I DO know the song much better this season than I ever have before. Of course silly me for thinking that we were going to have a Christmas singspiration without singing that one! So I start singing "Good Christian Men Rejoice" especially enjoying the parts where you sing "Give you heed to what they say" at which point you emphatically half sing,half say, "News! News!" or "Joy! Joy" (depending on which verse you're on or whether you have the words mixed up) "Jesus Christ was born today..." Well, I WAS getting mixed up so I was kind of mumbling through some of the phrases, which is NOT acceptable to an avid fan of the "Good Christian Men Rejoice" fan club. I made the mistake of singing "He has COME FROM Heaven's door", which really doesn't make much sense but anyway.. I was promptly stopped by, "Uh no, no, no!" So while I was trying to figure out what I had just sung and obviously sung incorrectly, Kaelyn said, "No! He has opened heaven's door" So I went back and re-sang the phrase but by that point I was so tickled at the whole thing that I just started laughing. Leave it to Kaelyn to have a favorite song like that! Oh well, it's better than her version of Jingle Bells that she sang last year when she was 2 1/2 that sounded EXACTLY like she was saying a cuss word when she sang it. It was quite embarrassing when she decided to belt it out when we were walking through the Christmas section of Wal-mart or anywhere else even though it was completely innocent.
P. S. If "Good Christian Men Rejoice" is one of your favorite songs, please don't take offense. I just think it's an odd choice to be a favorite of a three year old.