{"id":2384,"date":"2015-12-21T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T20:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2021-02-11T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:22:05","slug":"santa-claus-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"santa claus is coming to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">santa claus is coming to town<\/span><\/strong><\/em> as performed by <strong>bruce springsteen<\/strong> may be the most rockin christmas carol ever. here are\u00a0three reasons why it is also excellent english practice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin&#039; To Town (Lyrics) | Christmas Songs Lyrics\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkdKUE7aIBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>first of all, it has several examples of  (not a comparative). \u00a0the first line of the song says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">u <em>better<\/em> watch out, u <em>better<\/em> not cry<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>the song is written from the perspective of an adult <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>strongly recommending <\/em><\/span>or maybe even\u00a0<a title=\"jeremy &amp; the pumped up\u00a0kicks\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/the-ashley-madison-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>threatening<\/em><\/a> a child to change bad attitudes because santa is coming. as the video below from the  explains it, the consequence of bad <em><strong>behavior<\/strong><\/em> (actions) could be&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">santa isn&#8217;t gonna bring u anything. santa ain&#8217;t gonna visit this house. u don&#8217;t change your attitude, christmas morning&#8217;s gonna be pretty <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/binge-watching-netflix-gave-me-a-wisconsin-accent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">damn<\/a> sad in this house. <em>cos<\/em> santa  gonna be here. santa ain&#8217;t gonna come.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;better&#039; in &quot;santa claus is coming to town&quot;\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otOJ4NxSVqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>cos<\/strong><\/em> is a reduction of <em>because<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>also, frequently the lyrics to <em>santa claus is coming to town<\/em> are written as<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">yo<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">u&#8217;d better<\/span> watch out, yo<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">u&#8217;d better<\/span> not cry<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>you&#8217;d better<\/strong><\/em> is a contraction of the original modal auxiliary\u00a0<em><strong>had better<\/strong><\/em>. in most cases though\u00a0(including how springsteen sings it) <em>had better<\/em> is reduced to <em>better<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/u-better-watch-out-santa.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2399\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2399\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/u-better-watch-out-santa-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"u better watch out santa\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/u-better-watch-out-santa-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/u-better-watch-out-santa.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>u <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">better watch out<\/span>. if you&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">naughty<\/span>, santa will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">find out<\/span>.<\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>there are two useful phrasal verbs in the song lyrics too. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>watch out<\/strong><\/em> <\/span>can mean<em> to look out of some place<\/em>, like a window, but it is more commonly used, as it is in this song, to say <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">be careful<\/span><\/em> or as\u00a0a <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">warning<\/span><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/jennifer-lawrence-on-getting-paid-less-for-american-hustle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>find out<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <\/a>means <em>discover <\/em>or\u00a0<em>learn\u00a0<\/em>and is used in reference to information, not physical things. \u00a0the lyrics say that santa is <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">gonna <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">find out<\/span> who&#8217;s naughty and nice<\/span><\/em>. somehow, santa is able to get information about kids that even their parents don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rise-of-the-guardians-santa.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rise-of-the-guardians-santa.jpeg\" alt=\"rise of the guardians santa\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">naughty<\/span>\u00a0\/nice dichotomy is very important to <strong>the\u00a0rise of the guardians<\/strong> version of santa\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>at 1:15 this richyrocks youtube vid tells it to the kids\u00a0like this<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">he&#8217;s gonna <em>find out<\/em> if you&#8217;re naughty or nice. if you&#8217;re good or bad. if u should get a toy on christmas morning or u shouldn&#8217;t. so u might think u were the smart one. mom and dad never <em>found out<\/em> (to use it in the past tense). mom and dad never <em>found out<\/em>. santa did though.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"santa&#039;s gonna find out\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dl7hyOxqXwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>when santa <em>finds out<\/em> that a child&#8217;s <em>behavior<\/em> is bad, that kid is put\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong><em>naughty<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(bad) list. kids on the <em>naughty<\/em> list don&#8217;t get toys.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2403\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-u-better-not-cry-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"santa u better not cry\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-u-better-not-cry-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-u-better-not-cry-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-u-better-not-cry.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>get me away from this guy for krissakes.<\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>finally, the lyrics also ask kids to be good <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for goodness\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">sake<\/span><\/span><\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">sake<\/span><\/strong><\/em> indicates <em>purpose, consideration<\/em> or <em>benefit<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>for goodness sake<\/em><\/span> is a nicer version of the more popular <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for god&#8217;s sake<\/span><\/strong><\/em> or <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>for christ&#8217;s sake<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>(written sometimes as <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for chrissakes<\/span><\/em> or\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>krissakes<\/i><\/span>) which are both expressions of<em> emphasis, frustration<\/em> or <em>disbelief<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>what else do u know about santa claus? \u00a0do u know any other iconic figures that are used to influence children&#8217;s behavior? share your observations under<strong> leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.60\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>santa claus is coming to town as performed by bruce springsteen may be the most rockin christmas carol ever. here are\u00a0three reasons why it is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[5,4,3],"tags":[609,8,9,11,10,861,873,2775,1062,455,1066,1063,3493,4090,3488,1065],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town.jpe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11654,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions\/11654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}