Chapter 68

Six White Boomers

So here we are, in December. We survived Thanksgiving and the black Friday sales. It also marks a time where a lot of radio stations will play Holiday Music. You all know them and sing along, as you are “Rockin’ around the Christmas tree” while dreaming of a “White Christmas.” Sweetie and I were in the car, running errands, and we found ourselves singing about Rudolph. After the song ended, she turned the radio off and sighed.

“I never hear my favorite Christmas song from back home, here.” When asked what it was, she replied “Six White Boomers!” Six what? “White Boomers are a special, large, male kangaroo that help pull Santa’s sleigh across the hot Australian sky.” (Remember, in the Southern Hemisphere, it is SUMMER while up here in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter.) “They are called ‘boomers’ because of the sound their treads (large feet) make when they run/hop and bounce like a boomerang!”

The song tells the story of how a young Joey (youth kangaroo) is separated from his mother on Christmas day and Santa helps the little fellow find her. Sweetie told me that she has unsure just who wrote the song, but it had been around for a long time. (Research indicates a Rolf Harris released the song in 2003.)