Sunday, December 02, 2018

I Have a Little Dreidel, I Made It Out of... Plastic?

Tonight is the first night of Hannukah. My daughter her friends and I will of course play dreidel.

(I defend my enthusiasm for the game in this article I published last year in the LA Times: "Dreidel: A seemingly foolish game that contains the moral world in miniature".)

We will sing the Dreidel Song.

I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
Oh dreidel I will play!

Here's the problem, though. Never ever have I seen a clay dreidel, much less made one by hand. So the song is a lie!


Some of our dreidels, none made of clay.

I propose the following alternative lyrics:

I have a little dreidel,
They made it out of plastic.
And when I spin a gimmel,
It's gonna be fantastic!

Or:

I have a little dreidel,
They made it out of wood.
And when I spin a gimmel,
It's gonna feel so good!

Or:

I have a little dreidel,
They made it out of steel.
And when I spin a gimmel,
Oh how good I'll feel!

Etc.

Not sure what to do with the aluminum dreidel, though....

5 comments:

Chris McVey said...

I have a little dreidel
Made of aluminum.
And when I spin a gimmel,
My day will be less glum!

Emma said...

I have a little dreidel, Made out of aluminium, When I spin a gimmel, I’ll buy a condominium.

Callan S. said...

I have a little Dreidel
I Made the meaning of it out of my own clay
And when that part I drew from me is dry and ready
Oh dreidel I will play!

Eric Schwitzgebel said...

:-)

Philosopher Eric said...

I don’t know if this will come up on blogger, but the South Park version was humorous.


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