12/17/10 - CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN

Well another successful Christmas party, with new friends, old friends and a really cold night!  There were not enough bodies in there to get it above 50 but we made the most of it.  There was story telling, music and fun, and some of the best food yet! Thanks to everyone that attended, we had a blast with the 'open mic' set up and we hope next year, it may be above 10 degrees outside so we can all just wear mittens!

This is a song I wrote and sung for the occasion, based on farm livin' at The Sanborn Sanctuary:

Pig is roasting by an open fire,
The dogs are nipping at our toes,
Yuletide carols being sung by Joe (the cockatiel),
For chores, we dress up like Eskimos.

Everybody knows, the chickens and the ducks get cold,
The horses hate to go inside,
And the cats, with their eyes all aglow, will find it hard to catch some mice.

We know that spring is on its way.
Its the only thing that keeps us from goin' insane,
And every goat we have will always try to sneak some grain from the bucket as they walk by.

And so we're offering this simple phrase,
From The Sanborn Sanctuary to all of you,
Although its been said many times, many ways:

Merry Christmas to you!