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I love words and have been writing for years. Although it started with silly poems, I have matured (slightly) and now enjoy writing poems and songs for special friends to celebrate special milestones. I have decided to put these online should anyone be interested and also they are a safe haven online should anything happen to my knackered old laptop!



So from my first song for Helen, to the latest songs for Tina's 40th and poems for Sherrell's baby and all the stuff in the background since I was 14, enjoy my silly poems, my prose, my barstardisation of songs and if any one of them makes you smile, then I am happy. Let me know what you think!



Ali Hoffmann née Rose









Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Sims Day of Christmas


This is a long one, but the the 12 Days of Christmas is! This was written for our friends when they came out to visit us in Australia a year after we moved out. They joined us for Christmas. It was an enormous trip for them not just as it was so exciting for their family of 5 to come to Australia for two weeks, but financially as well so we were so happy they made the huge effort to come see us from the UK. We took them them to all the local attractions and beaches.

My daughter and I sang this to them when they arrived, just goving them an idea of what they were going to get up to for the time they were with us!

To the tune of '12 days of Christmas'

On the first day of Christmas
Our visitors arrived
For a Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the second day of Christmas
Rock pooling for some shells
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the third day of Christmas
We went swimming in the sea
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the forth day of Christmas
A trip to Aussie Zoo
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the fifth day of Christmas
To Mooloolaba
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week aussie holiday

On the sixth day of Christmas
Eumundi Market
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday


On the seventh day of Christmas
Underwaterworld
Seals, sharks and Stingrays,
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the eighth day of Christmas
Drive down the Obi
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the ninth day of Christmas
Dining on the deck
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday


On the tenth day of Christmas
A trip to Rainbow Beach
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the eleventh day of Christmas
A day out on a boat
Look at the dolphins
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the twelfth day of Christmas
Admiring the view
Beer on the balcony
Look at the dolphins (breathe!)
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday


On the thirteenth day of Christmas
Need to pack the bags
Stuff in the souvenirs
Beer on the balcony
Look at the dolphins (breathe!)
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday


On the fourteenth day of Christmas
Back down to Brisbane airport
Wave bye bye to good friends
Stuff in the souvenirs
Beer on the balcony
Look at the dolphins (breathe!)
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

On the 15th day of Christmas
Arriving back home
Rebook for next year
Wave bye bye to good friends
Stuff in the souvenirs
Beer on the balcony
Look at the dolphins (breathe!)
Don’t fall off the sandblow
Prawns on the barbie
Watch out for wallabies
Seals, Sharks and Stingrays
Hear the didgeridoos
Xmas on the Beach
Crikey there’s a croc!
Slap on factor 50
Don’t forget your hat
On the Sims two week Aussie holiday

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