12 Yats of Christmas - Tenth Annivoisery Issue #3

Benny Grunch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Benjie Records
• ASIN: B00000HX7K
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The 12 Yats of Christmas

2. Santa and His Reindeer Used to Live Right Here

3. I Got Two Kazoos for Christmas

4. O Little Town of Destrehan

5. I Bought Presents

6. Christmas in Chalmette

7. Mbleuh Rchristmasah

8. If I Won da Lottry for Christmas

9. Santa, I Been Bad All Year

10. Norris the Noturnal Nutria

11. I Could See the Aluminum Tree Through the Pictcha Winda

12. The Elves Finally Rap

13. Silent Night

Editorial Reviews

Benny Grunch and the Bunch are a New Orleans classic, especially at Christmas. Here are the 12 Days of Christmas, New Orleans style! Historically, the city of New Orleans was home to people of French and Spanish heritage, as well as those of African heritage, which led to the creation of the Louisiana Creole language. This city came under U.S. rule in the Louisiana Purchase, and over the course of the 19th century, the city transitioned from speaking French to becoming a non-rhotic English speaking society. Similarly, much of the south has historically spoken non-rhotic English. The city's geographic isolation has helped lead to the creation of a new local dialect. A misconception in other parts of the US is that the local dialect of New Orleans is Cajun. The city's cultural and linguistic traditions are distinct from that of the predominantly rural Acadiana, an area spanning across South Louisiana. While there has been an influx of Cajuns into the city since the oil boom of the later 20th century and while there are some similarities due to shared roots, Cajun culture has had relatively little influence upon Creole culture and thus Yat culture. The confusion of Cajun culture with the Creole culture is largely due to the confusion of these French cultures by the tourism and entertainment industries; sometimes deliberately as "Cajun" was discovered to be a potentially lucrative marketing term.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very funny..., December 13, 2004

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J. K. Condon (New Port Richey, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 12 Yats of Christmas - Tenth Annivoisery Issue #3 (Audio CD)

...and well done musically by folks who can actually play and sing. I love satire, and satire expertly set to music (styles ranging from opera to rap) is even better. And if you're from Naw'lins you'll probably enjoy it even more than I did. Can't go wrong.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yats is as New Orleans as Jambalaya., December 16, 2002

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John Murray (Chalmette, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 12 Yats of Christmas - Tenth Annivoisery Issue #3 (Audio CD)

To enjoy this comical CD, You would either have had to grow up in the New Orleans area or realy get into our customs to understand such songs as "Christmas in Chalmette". If you are a born and raised Chalmation (like me), or you just love New Orleans' culture. You will love this CD. The songs on the "12 Yats of Christmas" are a local tradition around the holiday season and is played on the radio at the same time. You will laugh at the song parodies as well as their original songs. The 12 Yats of Christmas is funny from begining to end.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless, December 7, 2008

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Michael C. Hebert (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 12 Yats of Christmas - Tenth Annivoisery Issue #3 (Audio CD)

I would recommend this CD to anyone who wants to know that the real New Orleans is about. Many of the songs are funny even if you weren't from there.

For anyone from New Orleans, this CD is required. The NOPD is searching houses, so you'd better have yours.