Woman realizes millenials are now singing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' completely differently

Some Christmas carols have been the season's favorite for decades. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is one among them. However, not many people know that the way it's sung varies from place to place. These variations can be quite interesting. Darelle London, a singer and songwriter from Canada, known as @darellelondon on TikTok, asked people on the platform how they used to sing it, after discovering that different versions exist. In her video, London shared the version from her school and her husband's school.

"I have a question for millennials. You know, when we were growing up and we would sing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and we would add the little, like, like a light bulb, those little things in between the lines," London began. "So at the end, in my school, We would say, 'You'll go down in history.' Like there are two options. Like the Blue Jays or like the Yellow Pages." London recently discussed the song with her husband. "His school didn't say that. They said, like Columbus." She continued, "Then I realized that maybe it was different at every school, or every city, or every neighborhood."

London asked, "So, I need to know what you guys said or sang when you were growing up singing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' thanks." She captioned the post, "I need to know. Please, and thanks!" The video received more than 275k views, over 5k likes and 12k comments. People on the platform shared their own versions of the song in the comments. Some expressed surprise upon learning that people from different places sang the carol in such varied ways.

@t4tori1110 wrote, "I had no idea anybody sang anything besides 'like George Washington,' so this is blowing my mind right now." @heatherharp33 commented, "I used to laugh and call him names. 'Like Pinocchio!' Does anyone remember this? Because nobody I know does. And I can't remember if I made it up or not." @luv_raven_xoxo remarked, "In Australia, it depends on what decade you went to school and because before Australia said sorry to the Indigenous People, it used to be like Captain Cook." @connie.bartlett shared, "We said, 'Like Pinocchio!' and now I'm really wondering why, lol. I grew up in Southern Ontario." @irvstahlnecker88 pointed out, "The Yellow Pages were still alive and well when I was a kid. We said, 'Like Abraham Lincoln,' I'm so old."

@betweenchapters expressed, "Like monopoly... which actually makes no sense... or perfect sense? Did my school try to teach us about late-stage capitalism and I just didn't get it?" @jesszrezpetz disclosed, "We said like the dinosaurs. I think it's different everywhere. Our trick-or-treat song was different, too: Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, give me something good to eat. Not too big, not too small, just the size of Montreal. We used to sing that all the time around Halloween." @katiesuek said, "'Like Charlie Brown' in Canada (Saskatchewan), but we slowed it down at the end and sang it with jazz hands, lol." @momjustwannahavefun admitted, "Columbus or George Washington, we usually discussed which ending we were going with because my classes were always divided on what was 'right.'"

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