I have put my readers through an emotional wringer the entire month of December and beat y’all over the head with one emotion after another.
I am a cruel, cruel bloggy mistress.
(Totally picture me saying that while waggling my eyebrows and wearing a leather bustier and wielding a whip. Cuz that’s how I roll, yo.)
Wink.
However, the time has come to let loose, start anew and frolic merrily. I’m all about frolicking. Heh.
I hope everyone enjoys this week frolicking with me.
And to help you do that, I’ve a special treat for y’all.
Because I really am a cruel, cruel bloggy mistress.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Holidays, heck, whatever you want to call it, I hope you enjoy it.
If that wasn’t painful enough, I figured I’d drag my children into publicly shaming themselves along with me. Cuz what says parental love more than posting highly embarrassing videos of you and your children on the internet so they can be mocked for years to come? It’s my Christmas gift to them.
Heh.
Love,
Tanis, your friendly neighbourhood Redneck.
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I have tears in my eyes. Tears!
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That was pretty dang adorable. Merry Christmas!
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I think Santa is going to leave you something special for doing that.
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Ah you all are so cute! Merry Christmas!
And I totally thought of you in full S&M gear when you said bloggy mistress!
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My kids came running to the living room when they heard you and your kids singing. My oldest asked, “Are you going to make us do something like that?” I told him no, but I may have had my fingers crossed behind my back!
Those kids of yours are dipped in awesome and sprinkled with fantastic! Hope you all have an amazing Christmas together!
Me love you long time!
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Beautiful! Thanks.
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I can only hope there’s karaoke at BlogHer.
Merry Christmas!
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So touching.
Thanks for speading the joy this holiday season. 
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I hope all your wishes come true in the coming year. Merry Christmas from the Carolina hills
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Love, love, love to The Tanis clan!
From the poopy pants Papa’s.
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Love it, brought a smile to my face. You guys have a great holiday!
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Awesome. My kids loved watching your kids sing too.
Merry Christmas!
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Encore! Encore! Bring out Boo!!!
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That was so fun! You are my only carolers this year
You have beautiful children. Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas, T. Lots of love to you all.
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Yay! Canadian accents!
Merry Christmas to the Rednecks! Excellent singing by everyone!
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Nicely done! (Far better than my rendition would have been.)
Happy Holidays!
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Did you make this hippo song up yourself? Is it just a Canadian thing? I have never heard this.
This is fantastic. I think you all should perform for us more often.
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Awesome.
Merry Christmas, Tanis!
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What? Huh? Sorry, I was having trouble concentrating after that “bustier and whip” thing going on. Whew!
Very good videos, I salute your courage, and your foresight in gaining some blackmail material on the kids! Just wait for those first dates…
Merry Christmas to the Redneck clan, from the President-for-Life of The Republic Of Gumbo!
Slainte!
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That was awesome. You guys are so much fun. Fric and Frac are adorable. You too. :o)
Merry Christmas!
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God love ya darlin’ you are too cute.
Merry Christmas honey.
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I love you.
I love you so much that I forgive you.
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Merry Christmas Tanis & the Redneck family! You’re all gorgeous
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I’d already been tortured by your warbling elsewhere on the web… that video has gone viral, Tanis.
Merry Christmas to you, Boo, Fric, Frac, and your BamBam.
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It cracks me up to hear the Canadian accents while you call yourselves rednecks. Come down to good old Oklahoma and we’ll show you how rednecks really sound!
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Canadians don’t have accents. We sound normal.
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Thanks for that wonderful bit of fun… you all are enjoyable nuts to watch! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from sunny San Diego!
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That was great! Merry Christmas!
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wonderful videos and awesome kids
Merry Christmas from Atlanta,Ga.
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Those were AWESOME.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, sweet Tanis.
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Tanis,
I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I pray that this next year will be kinder to you. My heart broke for you reading you post this month. There just has to be a special little person in your future.
I am going now to read the last heart breaking post about BamBam. God be with you and your family.
Here in Mississippi we have the air conditioning running right now, can you believe it???
Linda
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That Rocked!! You are my new hero
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I LOVE the Hippo song. Fric and Frac are awesome as always.
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Beautiful! Definitely a lot of your spunk in both of your kids.
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Thank you redneck family! That was an awesome christmas present!
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Those poor, innocent children are so rad. Merry Christmas to the lot of you.
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Merry Christmas
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Well bless your little hearts. That was wonderful. The merriest of Christmases to you and your beautiful family, and may 2009 bring you the blessings you want and so deserve.
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I played it this afternoon. My 3-year old watched The Hippo Song intently and said “AGAIN! AGAIN!” when you were done. This evening, I played the recorded version for him together with a hippo video on Youtube. He watched it one time, unimpressed, then insisted on coming back here to watch you guys sing. Again, and again. You’re a hit!
Have a very merry Christmas! I hope next year brings you much joy.
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The Hippo Song is my favourite Christmas carol. Merry Christmas Rednecks!
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i’m TOTALLY
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The Hippo song is one of our faves too, and you all did a bang up job! A very Merry Christmas to your entire family!!
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Thank you for bringing such love, light and joy into the world. I am grateful. You are truly a blessing to us all.
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Though I hate the Hippo song, your kids are so dang cute, they made it worth listening to.
God bless you and your family, Tanis. Have a beautiful, wonderful Christmas.
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Has anyone mentioned how fabulous your hair looks in those videos? Because it does, it looks fabulous!!
Fric and Frac are some lucky kids, they are so adorable!
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love it. wait, didn’t you canadians celebrate christmas like a month ago? LOL. merry christmas and a happy new year!
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The past month of posts tugged at the heart strings, but seeing you singing with your kids got the tears flowing. Who would have thought that the Hippo song would ever make someone cry! They are so very lucky. As are you. Merry Christmas.
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Thank you for the funniest thing I saw today….
Merry Christmas to the Redneck family
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I like to think that when the scene gets blurry it is because there are tears in my eyes.
I love fric and frac for putting up with you……
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Loved the videos - great singing
‘cept now I can’t get the hippo song out of my head ~ oy.
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Tanis
That was beautiful.
I’m so very sorry about the dragonlady. It hurts me that she hurt you so badly.
My prayers are with you, I have to believe, Love, God, Jesus will make this right.
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Merry Christmas, you sweet things.
Merry, Merry, and more Merry.
I hope…oh, how I do so hope….
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You should always have Fric and Frak provide backup, you’re a lot more on key with their help. That was great! Merry Christmas.
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Can’t wait till they are 16 and showin’ tude, you can whip that sucker out…
Have a Merry Christmas!
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Those were painfully sweet. Merry Christmas! You guys are adorable.
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You did great! I loved both videos. It is so nice to hear the joy in your voice and see the smiles upon your faces. Have a wonderful holiday and may the new year bring many surprises to you and yours.
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Totally awesome! I hope I can con my kids into something like that when they’re older. PRICELESS!!!
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I want to wish you all the joy and happyness you deserve for X-MAS.and i hope you, boo,fric and frac, have a merrychristmas and a happy new year.
P.S.i want to see you in the leather bustier.
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Merry Christmas to the Redneck clan! You all are super cute, singing those songs!
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Merry Christmas to you and your family! Your kids are great and so cute. Thanks for sharing your life with us and God bless!
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That was a valiant effort with Frosty, LOL. You actually had to read the lines?
The redneck variety of Hippo was great, complete with bugger picking and tasting, LOL. You have beautiful family.
Merry Christmas.
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Happy Holidays, T! My Jewish children LOVED frolicking to you, your amazing (indeed!) kids, and your Christmas tunes! xoxo! Happy Holidays!
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I smiled the entire time = D Beautiful children and thanks so much for the cheer you guys brought to my day! Merry CHristmas and Happy New Years to you too!!
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Merry Christmas!
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Woo-hoo! Frosty and the Hippo Song! Rock on, Redneck Family! Merry Christmas!
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WOW! That was great! The Rednck Family ROCK!
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Totally made my morning.
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yes frolicking. Oj good.
couldn’t see the videos, I have green acres phone system. i have to climb a telephone pole to plug into dial-up. will catch it at work.
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I hope you got your hippo. Merry Xmas.
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That is the cuttest ever!!! Now tell he truth, did you bribe them in allowing you to film them??? Be honnest!!!
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I hope you Christmas was as fun as that was.
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(Totally picture me saying that while waggling my eyebrows and wearing a leather bustier and wielding a whip. Cuz that’s how I roll, yo.)
why pray tell, do i not have a problem seeing that!!!
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My ears are bleeding, but I’m laughing so you’re forgiven. ahha just kidding you aren’t that tone deaf! Gosh you should see the videos I have of Karen singing lmao
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Hey there Tanis, I loved the whole gang singing. I never heard of the Hippopotamus song - it’s adorable!
I just came by to deliver belated Christmas wishes to my redneck pal and her family
cq
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It is good to see all this fun and light, in spite of much darkness. It IS bad singing, but it’s also joy. ‘Tis the season!
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This was really quite awful. I loved it!
<3
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I put a musical video up on my blog but the only cheery thing about it is the Christmas sweaters. Come to think of it, those are not cheery either.
We’re talking to St. Elizabeth of Hungary, the patron saint of a very happy family, about your situation.
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Um I have been reading your blog for the first time and crying hysterically at some of your blog posts, and I might have felt a little less bad for you had I seen your pic first. Lady, you are GORGEOUS. I am from Kentucky, and having seen you, I am not sure if you can call yourself a redneck (wink). Happy holidays to you and yours.
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Oh, how I wish I could get my own kids to do that. Nice.
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Adorable, totally. The kids (and you in the background)
Merry Christmas to you all!
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Musical mayhem has been had at Granite Glen, thankyou. All the more so now I have played your clips. I do hope your kids’ classmates are easy on them!!
Wishing you and yours a Divine 09!!
BB
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Your son will be RUINED over this.
Ruined I tell ya. (Your daughter obviously wont need any counseling, she is cut just like her mom, which is in itself sad really. I can see it now, 20 years from now, Redneck Part deux, the Next generation!)
You better be saving NOW for his future counseling cost Ms Redneck.
Dam, that was funny, how much did you have to bribe them for that?
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How adorable was that! Happy Holidays to you all!
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My God Mrs. Redneck……you’re beautiful. Peace, Mike.
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Fabulous!! That was the single most awesome Christmas post ever.
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Thank you so much for the birthday wishes. I greatly appreciate the time you spent as well as the kind words you shared. I know that if anyone understands about waiting their turn, it would be you. Thank you.
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Love it!!
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Loved your performance at Neil’s Christmahanukwanzaakah concert! Happy New Year!
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That was a great performance and I’m sure your kids will be happy they did it.
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I’m still laughing..Happy Holidays..
Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
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awesome! here’s to a wonderful 2009…
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Maw! Close the window–there’s alley cats fighting outside!
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Thank you for that performance, and a Happy New Year to all of you.
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I have something for you over at my blog, so come and check it out when you have time!
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Well on the bright side you have great hair. That’s gotta count for something right?
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When I went to watch this, it paused to buffer and load right at that millisecond in the beginning where Frick has her finger up her nose. Priceless!
Also, you guys are adorable!
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I hope your Christmas was wonderful, T! And I’m sending merry, happy New Year wishes to you and the fam. 2009 will be better….it just has to be.
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Tanis, Boo, Fric and Frac……..
Happy New Year and all best wishes for 2009!
I’m sure your new little person is on their way
cq
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Oh! I love those videos! I nearly cried, it was so cute. Hope your family had a wonderful Christmas, and has a fantastic 2009!
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there are some offenses that will get you more than coal….be looking for a flaming bag of reindeer poo….en route from Scottsdale
You are adorable, Tanis
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Great videos your kids are such champs for going along with your redneck ways.Hope you had a great Christmas and a happy new year.
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