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• HALLMARK ORNAMENT HAS ‘DECK THE HALLS’ – WHOUT THE GAY APPAREL
• DECK THE HALLSVAR ARTISTSTRACK 1 ON BETY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS FEATURGBERNATTE PETER, DAVID OGN STIERS & 4 MORE1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORDECK THE HALLS LYRICS[CHOIR]DECK THE HALLS WH BOUGHS OF HOLLYFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA!'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLYFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA!DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPARELFA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LATROLL THE ANCIENT YULETI ROLFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA![LUMIERE]DECK THE HALLS WH BOUGHS OF HOLLY(SPOKEN)HAHA THERE MT BE MUCH MUCH MORE HOLLY[COGSWORTH]'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY(SPOKEN)WHAT'S THIS?THERE'S TOO MUCH HOLLYWHOA, SLOW DOWN, LAD[ANGELIQUE]DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL(SPOKEN)NO, NO, NOMORE MISTLETOEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[MRS. POTTS]DI, DI, DI, DI, DI, DI, DIEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

HALLMARK ORNAMENT HAS ‘DECK THE HALLS’ – WHOUT THE GAY APPAREL

[Verse 1]Deck the halls wh boughs of hollyFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la'Tis the season to be jollyFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laDon we now our gay apparelFa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-laTroll the ancient Yule-ti rolFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la[Verse 2]See the blazg Yule before Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laStrike the harp and jo the chosFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laFollow me merry measureFa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-laWhile I tell of Yule-ti treasureFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la[Verse 3]Fast away the old year passFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laHail the new year, lads and lassFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laSg we joyo, all togetherFa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-laHeedls of the wd and weatherFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [?

Company says "gay" has multiple meangs today. One of Hallmark’s ornaments for the holiday season is snowballg to some ntroversy followg the replacement of the word “gay” while quotg “Deck the Halls. The tradnal le om the famo Christmas song is “Don we now our gay apparel.

The change ed one Facebook er to ment on Hallmark’s official page, “It’s OK to be GAY!! “When the lyrics to ‘Deck the Halls’ were translated om Gaelic and published English back the 1800’s, the word ‘gay’ meant ftive or merry, ” acrdg to a statement released Wednday. Don we now our gay apparelFa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-laTroll the ancient Yuleti rolFa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!

DECK THE HALLSVAR ARTISTSTRACK 1 ON BETY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS FEATURGBERNATTE PETER, DAVID OGN STIERS & 4 MORE1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORDECK THE HALLS LYRICS[CHOIR]DECK THE HALLS WH BOUGHS OF HOLLYFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA!'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLYFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA!DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPARELFA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LATROLL THE ANCIENT YULETI ROLFA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA![LUMIERE]DECK THE HALLS WH BOUGHS OF HOLLY(SPOKEN)HAHA THERE MT BE MUCH MUCH MORE HOLLY[COGSWORTH]'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY(SPOKEN)WHAT'S THIS?THERE'S TOO MUCH HOLLYWHOA, SLOW DOWN, LAD[ANGELIQUE]DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL(SPOKEN)NO, NO, NOMORE MISTLETOEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[MRS. POTTS]DI, DI, DI, DI, DI, DI, DIEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

There's too much hollyWhoa, slow down, lad[ANGELIQUE]Don we now our gay apparel(Spoken)No, no, noMore mistletoe[MRS. Hallmark—“when you re enough to send the very bt”—has ed a stir by takg the “gay” out of Christmas. ” The pany dched the tradnal, “Don we now our gay apparel, ” bee many ntexts, gay means ‘homosexual, ’ replacg wh “Don we now our fun apparel, ” which Hallmark felt would be more acceptable to a general dience that clus pdish adults, imprsnable children, and fundamentalists.

Acrdg to the Los Angel Tim, Hallmark ially rpond to crics of this move by argug that the words “gay apparel” were not necsarily thentic to beg wh, but rather translatns om a Gaelic origal, so they uld be replaced by other, synonymo words. The pany sisted that, sce “gay” today means somethg different om what meant the neteenth century, that “uld leave our tent open to misterpretatn. ” In other words, even though the Supreme Court says same-sex marriage is nstutnal, Hallmark didn’t want to be seen by nservative ctomers as endorsg a gay agenda.

The joke that the pany tried to expla away s attempt to take the “gay” out of Christmas by referrg to a Gaelic origal? In 1862 the Sttish poet Thomas Oliphant took the tune of the Welsh Nos Galan, a New Year’s song that had nothg to do wh Christmas, boughs of holly, or any kd of clothg, gay or otherwise, and put his own words to , creatg what would then bee one of the most popular Christmas rols.