Todrick Hall - "Bells, Bows, Gifts, Trees" (video, information, and lyrics)

todrickhall, Dec. 1, 2020

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about Todrick Hall and showcases Todrick Hall's 2020 song/video "Bells, Bows, Gifts, Trees". This song and video is a cover of his 2019 hit song "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners,

Thanks to Todrick Hall for his music and dancing. Thanks to all those who are associated with this song and this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT TODRICK HALL
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todrick_Hall
"Todrick Hall (born April 4, 1985) is an American singer, choreographer, and YouTuber. He gained national attention on the ninth season of the televised singing competition American Idol. Following this, he amassed a huge following on YouTube with viral videos including original songs, parodies, and skits. A documentary series about his video-making process titled Todrick aired on MTV in 2015.

Starting with season eight, Hall became a resident choreographer and occasional judge on RuPaul's Drag Race.[3][4] From 2016 to 2017, Hall starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway. Later in 2017, he began appearances as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and the West End.

As a singer-songwriter he has released four studio albums, including the visual albums Straight Outta Oz (2016) and Forbidden (2018). In 2020 he released an EP, Quarantine Queen, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic featuring "Mask, Gloves, Soap, Scrub", and was the international host of Global Pride 2020.[5][6]"...

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REVIEW OF TODRICK HALL'S "BELLS, BOWS, GIFTS, TREES" SONG & ITS OFFICIAL VIDEO
From https://instinctmagazine.com/todrick-halls-bells-bows-gifts-trees-will-make-your-holi-slay/  "Todrick Hall’s ‘Bells Bows Gifts Trees’ Will Make Your Holi-Slay"; December 3, 2020 by Michael Cook
"Sleigh what!? Todrick Hall has reworked his now legendary track ‘Nails Hair Hips Heels’ for the holidays, serving up a brand new version titled “Bells Bows Gifts Trees” that is sure to help get us through a holiday season like we’ve never seen before. The accompanying video shows Hall and his legion of background dancers (including an out of drag Cake Moss) once again, in a warehouse. Garbed in vibrant red leather gloves and with a massive neon-green Christmas tree in the background, Hall hits every mark to pitch-perfect lyrics like “and then I trim the tree, it’s The Three Wise Men for me, Home Alone is on tv…Throughout the track there are faint sounds of jingling holiday bells and gift wrap tearing, adding to the holiday splendor and vibe of the track. "...

Of course, this is not the first time Todrick has put a new (and timely) spin on the pulsing track that made us all stomp the runway the moment it was released early in 2019. As the pandemic took hold this past summer, those very same dance floors were cleared, Hall dropped an entire EP exclusively of pandemic-related tracks (the aptly titled Quarantine Queen). The EP included a rework of ‘Nails Hair Hips Heels’ titled ‘Masks Gloves Soap Scrubs’ (with an accompanying video with guests including Tiffany Haddish, Kandi Burruss, Amber Riley & Peppermint). "....

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LYRICS - BELLS, BOWS, GIFTS, TREES
(written by Jean-Yves “Jeeve” Ducornet & Todrick Hall)

[Verse 1]
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Snowmen, snow ski
Squeezin' down chimneys
Santa's thiccc, three Cs
Ice skates, cold mist
Mistletoe, get kissed
No mask? Naughty list
Whoville, who dis?
Rum-pa-pum-pum, get an ugly sweater
Sugar plum plum, this is Yuletide weather
All the reindeer and the sleigh is loaded
All I want for Christmas is a cure for COVID

[Pre-Chorus]
Girl, what did that girl just say, girl?
Ooh girl, I don't dance, I prance (Prance)
I don't sled, I slay (Slay)
I don't stop, I shop, shop, shop till Christmas Day (Okay)
And then I trim the tree (Yep)
It's the three wise men for me (That's right)
Home Alone is on TV (Vee)
So I might let you see (What you gonna let them see?)

[Chorus]
My bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees (Aah!)

My bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees

[Verse 2]
Saint Nick, coat puffed
Mrs Claus, skirt fluffed
Singin' carols, hands muffed
Milk, cookies, I'm stuffed
Lights up, let's cruise
Card maxed, mom's booze
Teddy bear, it's huge
Trump is the new Scrooge
Fa-la-la-la, go be gay and merry
Get that eggnog, gingerbread, cranberry
Ratty rat king and a dewdrop fairy
Alexa, play Mariah Carey

Girl, what did that girl just say, girl?
Ooh girl, I don't dance, I prance (Prance)
I don't sled, I slay (Slay) 
I don't stop, I shop, shop, shop till Christmas Day (Okay)
And then I trim the tree (Yep) 
It's the Yule log for me (That's right) 
Charlie Brown is on TV 
(Tee Vee) 
So I might let you see (What you gonna let them see?)

[Chorus]
My bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees (Aah!)

My bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees
Bells, bows, gifts, trees

[Break]
Alright, Christmas queens, y'all know what time it is, come on
Hang up all of your decor, hang up all of your decor
Now I want you to get your tinsel, get your stockings, get your lights, get your wreaths
'Cause I don't want to see you dance
I want to see you prance, come on

[Bridge]

Shop for me, shop for me, shop
Shop for me, shop for me, shop
Shop for me, shop for me, shop
Shop for me, shop for me, shop

Tongue pop for me, pop for me (Pop)
Tongue pop for me, pop for me (Pop)
Tongue pop for me, pop for me (Pop)
Tongue pop for me, pop for me (Pop)

Say "brr" for me, "brr" for me, brr
Say "brr" for me, "brr" for me, brr (Woohoo)
Say "brr" for me, "brr" for me, brr (It's cold!)
Say "brr" for me, "brr" for me, brr

Give myrrh for me, myrrh for me, myrhh
Give myrrh for me, myrrh for me, myrhh
Give myrrh for me, myrrh for me, myrhh
Give myrrh for me, myrrh for me, myrhh (Come on, nativity!)

Now snow for me, snow for me, snow
Snow for me, snow for me, snow (Woo)
Snow for me, snow for me, snow (Haha)
Snow for me, snow for me, snow (I know you better kick!)

Ho-ho-ho for me, ho for me, ho
Ho for me, ho for me, ho
Ho-ho-ho for me, ho for me, ho (Ho ho ho)
Ho for me, ho for me, ho (Merry Christmas)

Now wrap for me, wrap for me, wrap
Wrap for me, wrap for me, wrap
Wrap-wrap for me, wrap for me, wrap
Wrap for me, wrap for me, wrap

Now clap for me, clap for me, clap
Clap for me, clap for me, clap
Clap for me, clap for me, clap
Clap for me, clap for me, clap (Let's go)

Shake your butt for me, butt for me, butt
Butt for me, butt for me, butt
Shake your butt for me, butt for me, butt
Butt for me, butt for me, butt

Crack nuts for me, nuts for me, nuts
Nuts for me, nuts for me, nuts
Crack nuts for me, nuts for me, nuts
Nuts for me, nuts for me, nuts

[Outro]
That's all
Ha ha ha ha!


Online source: https://genius.com/Todrick-hall-bells-bows-gifts-trees-lyrics

release date: Dec 1, 2020

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Focus on Afro-Turks

Edited by Azizi Powell
[Update: November 22, 2012]

This post provides general information about Afro-Turks, and features one video overview of Afro-Turks, and two videos of Afro-Turks vocalists Melis Sökmen & Mansur Ark.

The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, informational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

Hat tip to http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-book-black-people-in-turky-afro.html for posting this video and alerting me to the fact that there are people of African descent in Turkey.

I'm no longer going to be surprised to learn that there are people of African descent everywhere in the world.

All copyrights remain with their owners.
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT AFRO-TURKS
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Turks

Afro-Turks, African Turks, or Turkish Africans are people of African descent in Turkey. "Afro-Turk" is a neologism; they have been colloquially named as Arap (Arab) or zenci in Turkish, and are now also referred to as Afrika kökenli Türkler (Turks with African roots).

Beginning several centuries ago, a number of Africans, usually via Zanzibar and from places like Niger, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kenya and Sudan came to the Ottoman Empire settled by the Dalaman, Menderes and Gediz valleys, Manavgat, and Çukurova...
Some came from Crete following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. They settled on the Aegean coast, mainly around İzmir. Afro-Turks in Ayvalık declare that their ancestors from Crete spoke Greek when they came to Turkey and learned Turkish later.

Ulcinj in Montenegro had its own black community – descendent of the Ottoman slave trade that had flourished there. As a consequence of the slave trade and privateer activity, a considerable number of Ulcinj inhabitants until 1878 were black.[6] The Ottoman Army counted thousands of Black African soldiers in its ranks. The army sent to Balkans during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18 included 24,000 men from Africa...

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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are posted in no particular order.)

Video #1: Face of Afro-Turkish people



Uploaded by DaBigSun on Nov 25, 2011

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Example #2: Melis Sökmen - Özlediğim (1992)



danyaldenyo, Uploaded on May 25, 2011
albüm: Halis Melis
doksanlar (90lar) türkçe pop
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Melis Sökmen is included on the Wikipedia page about Afro-Turk's list of notable Afro-Turks as "actress, musician (Guinean grandmother)"
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Update November 26, 2012:
Thanks to danyaldenyo for sharing the following information about this song on that YouTube video's viewer comment thread:
"..."özlediğim" means "the one that i miss". Song is about her longing for past/childhood and most likely about her mother."

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Video #3: Melis Sokmen_Gemiler_NARDIS Live



Uploaded on Mar 1, 2008

Nardis Jazz Club

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Video #4: Mansur Ark - Maalesef



Uploaded by ReforceSlim on Mar 23, 2008

Inadi Birak
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Mansur Ark is included on the Wikipedia page about Afro-Turk's list of notable Afro-Turks as "musician".

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Video #5: Gazla Gitsin (Mansur Ark)



Uploaded on Feb 4, 2010

Gazla Gitsin (2004) - SEYHAN MÜZİK PROD.

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