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A
12 days of Christmas
Cajun Style
This
is a different
version of this
Christmas Story.
*giggles*
Day
1:
Dear Boudreaux,
Thanks for de bird
in de Pear tree. I
fix it las' night
with dirty rice. I
doan tink de pear
tree.will grow in de
swamp, so I swap it
for a Satsuma.

Day
2:
Dear Boudreaux, You
letter say you sent
two turtle doves,
but all I got was
two scrawny pigeons.
Anyway, I mixed dem
with andouille an
made some gumbo out
of dem.

Day
3:
Dear Boudreaux, Why
doan you sent some
crawfish? I'm tired
of eating dem darn
birds. I gave two of
dose prissy French
chickens to Marie
Trahan over at Grans
Bayou an fed the
tird one to my dog
Phideaux. Marie
needed some sparing
partners for her
fighting rooster.

Day
4:
Dear Boudreaux, Mon
Dieux! I tol you no
more friggin birds.
Deez four, what you
call dem
"calling
birds" were so
noisy you could hear
dem all de way to
Napoleonville. I
used dere necks for
my crab traps, an
fed de rest of dem
to de gators.

Day
5:
Dear Boudreaux, You
finally sen'
somethin useful. I
like dem golden
rings, me. I hocked
dem at da pawn shop
in Thibodeaux and
got enuf money to
fix da shaft on my
shrimp boat an buy a
round for da boys at
de Raisin' Cane
Lounge. Merci
Beaucoup!

Day
6:
Dear Boudreaux,
Couchon! Back to da
birds, you coonass
turkey! Poor egg
suckin' Phideaux is
scared to death at
dem six gaeases. He
tried to eat dems
eggs and dey peck de
heck out ah his
snout. Dey good at
eating cockroaches,
though. I may stuff
one of dem wit
erster dressing on
Christmas day.

Day
7:
Dear Boudreaux, I'm
gonna wring your
fool neck next time
I see you. Thibeau,
da mailman, is ready
to kill ya. The
merde from all dem
birds is stinkin' up
his mailboat. He
afraid someone will
slip on dat stuff
and sue him good. I
let those seven
swans loose to swim
on de bayou and some
duck hunters from
Mississippi blasted
dem out of de water.
Talk to you
tomorrow.

Day
8:
Dear Boudreaux, poor
ole Thibeau, he had
to make three trips
on his mailboat to
deliver dem 8 maids
a milkin and their
cows. One of dem
cows got spooked by
da alligators and
almost tipped over
da boat. I doan like
dem shiftless maids,
me no. I tolt dem to
get to work guttin
fish and sweepinq
the shack but dey
say it wasn't in
dair contract. Dey
probably think dey
too good ta skin
nutrias I caught las
night.

Day
9:
Dear Boudreaux, What
you trying to do
huh? Thibeau had to
borrow the Lutcher
ferry to carry dem
jumpin twits you
call Lords-a-Leaping
across the bayou. As
soon as dey gots
here dey wanted a
tea break with
crumpets. I doan
know what dat means
but I says, *Well La
Di Da. You get
Chicory coffee or
nuttin. * Mon Dieu,
Emile. What I'm
gonna feed all dese
bozos? Dey too
snooty for fried
nutria, and de cows
done eat my turnip
greens.

Day
10:
Dear Boudreaux, You
got to be outs you
mind! If de mailman
don't kill you, I
will fo sure. Today
he deliver 10 half
nikid floozies from
Bourbon Street. Dey
said dey be *Ladies
Dancin* but dey doan
act like ladies in
front of dose Limey
twits. Dey almos
left after one of
dem got bit by a
water moccasin over
by da out-house. I
had to butcher 2
cows to feed toute
le monde an had to
get toilet paper.
The Sears catalog
wasn't good enuf fer
dose hoity toity
Lords' royal behin.

Day
11:
Dear Boudreaux,
where y'at? Cheerio
an pip pip. Your 11
pipers piping
arrives today from
the House of Blues,
second lining as dey
got off de boat. We
fixed snuffed goose
and beef jambalaya,
finished da whiskey
and we having a fais-do-do.
Da new mailman he
drink a bottle of
Jack Daniel an he
having a good time
yeah dancing with de
floozies. Thibeau he
jump off de Sunshine
Bridge yesterday,
screaming your name.
If you get a
mysterious, ticking
package in de mail,
doan open it.

Day
12:
Dear Boudreaux, I
sorry to tell ya but
I not your true love
anymore, no. After
da fais-do-do, I
spent de night with
Jacque, de head
piper. We decide to
open a restaurant
and gentleman's club
on de bayou. The
floozies, pardon me,
Ladies dancing can
make $20 for a table
dance, and de Lords
can be waiters an
valet park de boats.
Since de maids doan
have no more cows ta
milk, I trained dem
ta set my crab
traps, watch my
trotlines, an run my
shrimping business.
We will probably
gross a million
clams nex year.

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