The Neon Nurse's Charting

It occurred to me that if I only posted one Christmas tune a week I would NEVER get all the good ones shared in time! So I decided to go with a theme instead. This week, Cowboy Christmas!

But first, my other Christmas joke before I forget.

Q. What do English teachers call Santa's helpers?

A. Subordinate clauses!

Yeah, yeah, don't quit my day job, I get it. On to the tunes!

Jeff Carson - Santa Got Lost In Texas
http://download.yousendit.com/9404D12F27A6C8DE

In which Santa, lost in Texas and looking for his last gift stop, meets up with a lone cowboy ridin' herd and says:

"'You're pretty dumb like me,' he said, 'to work in the wind and frost.'"
'I'm pretty dumb like you,' I said, 'But Mister, I ain't lost.'"

Bellamy Brothers - Jingle Bells (A Cowboy's Holiday)
http://download.yousendit.com/5DC936D97CB28897

"Jingle bells, Happy Trails, yippie-o-ki-yay,
God Bless ol' Gene Autry, it's a Cowboy Holiday."

Michael Martin Murphey - Christmas Trail
http://download.yousendit.com/604E43E479306587

I had trouble finding lyrics on these--just too many hits and weird sites to plow through. Basically this is a very poignant coming of age song of a young cowboy coming home for his first Christmas after going out in the world to work.

Michael Martin Murphey - Corn, Water and Wood
http://download.yousendit.com/70648C5C2AA621E2

Very nice New Mexican flavored version of the gifts at the Nativity.

Michael Martin Murphey - Cowboy's Christmas Ball
http://download.yousendit.com/A1F28F8C11ADE77A

Just a fun, light-hearted song about a holiday dance on the prairie.

John Denver - Christmas for Cowboys
http://download.yousendit.com/459BFEE761A24C91

"Tall in the saddle we spend Christmas day,
Drivin' the cattle on the snow-covered range.
All of the good gifts given today,
Ours is the sky and the wide-open plains."

Now for something completely different (than songs, I mean.) Did I ever mention that my ideal pick for the actor to play Professor Xavier would have been Anthony Hopkins? Patrick Stewart was just too darn nice.

Part 28--Initiation: To try to settle some of his doubts, Xavier has an after-dinner chat with Hank and Cassie.