Embracing the Minivan

It's December 1st and I have been blogging for just over a month!  To celebrate the occasion, and taking into consideration the Christmas season, I have written a song to be sung to the tune of "Oh Christmas Tree." 

The words to this song were inspired by the sentiment I hear from moms all over that they wouldn't be caught dead driving a minivan.  I happen to love my minivan and, quite frankly, I don't really see what's so bad about them.  They have lots of seat belts--enough for all my kids plus a friend or two, the trunk space is about a hundred times what it was in the Ford Expedition I drove up until two years ago, and I don't leave the gas station in tears every time I have to fill it up. 

So, for all of the minivan haters out there, or for anyone who needs a little persuasion, I hope this little tune will encourage you to embrace the minivan, too!

Sing to the tune of 'Oh Christmas Tree':

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

you hold us all so nicely.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

long trips--they don't get dicey.

You fit our fam'ly, 

all seven.

And still a belt

for one more friend.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

you hold us all so nicely.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

your virtues are amazing.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

the perks--they're never ending.

Sunglasses case,

hidden sunshades, 

secret compartments,

space in spades.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

your virtues are amazing.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

gas used to be expensive.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

now it's not prohibitive.

Pain at the pump

has really eased, 

since when I drove

an SUV.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

gas used to be expensive.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

you help me carry groceries.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

loading them up is a breeze.

Return from Costco

with our junk, 

Entire cart

fits in the trunk.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

you help me carry groceries.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

your fold-down seats astound me.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

making more room is easy.

And when my kids

with all their stuff, 

require some space--

always enough.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

your fold-down seats astound me.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan,

you make me smile all day.

Oh Minivan, oh minivan

now that you're here to stay.

My happiness

it is complete, 

now that I have

an Odyssey.

Oh minivan, oh minivan

you make me smile all day.