A Light Moment on the Road to Christmas

Christmas is serious business--for the faithful who ponder its spiritual significance as well as for the merchants who have made of it a business. Still, too much seriousness is just too much.

So I was relieved and I laughed hysterically when I came across this list of carols and mental disorders this week on Beliefnet. I hope you'll laugh with me.

1. Schizophrenia: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

2. Multiple Personality Disorder: "We Three Kings Disoriented Are"

3. Dementia: "I Think I'll be Home for Christmas"

4. Narcissistic: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing About Me"

5. Manic: "Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and....."

6. Paranoid: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me"

7. Borderline Personality Disorder: "Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire"

8. Personality Disorder: "You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why"

9. Attention Deficit Disorder: "Silent Night, Holy oooh Look at the Froggy - Can I Have a Chocolate, Why is France so far Away?

10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...."

11. Oppositional Defiant Disorder:"You better not cry - Oh yes I will
You better not Shout - I can if I want to
You better not pout -
Can if I want to
I'm telling you why -
Not listening
Santa Claus is coming to town - No he's not!"