每当圣诞节到来，许多信奉基督教或天主教的家庭往往会在圣诞节当天以欢乐的音乐与歌声来讚颂基督的诞生。但近年来也有一群素食朋友，则是以改编的圣诞歌曲来庆祝圣诞节，并提醒大家素食的乐趣与重要性。

　　自前年起如果你在圣诞节前几经过美国纽约市的中央车站与时报广场，你可能会发现有一群奉行素食的教徒，在那里將圣诞节的乐曲配上素食的词，以另一种声音来欢渡圣诞节。这群由农庄避难所(Farm Sanctuary)的卡萝(Carol Moon)所带领的合唱团，最近几年来，年年到中央车站与时报广场唱着大家熟悉且改编自圣诞歌曲的素食宣传歌曲来愉乐前来逛街的人潮与往来的行人。举例而言，许多人都会唱的《Joy to the World (普世欢腾)》：

Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
(普世欢腾，救主降临！)

改成素食的歌词，前面第一段就成了：

"Soy to the world, the tofu's come."
(大豆诞生，豆腐降临。)
另外一首大家耳熟能详的圣诞歌曲，《Jingle Bells(圣诞铃声)》：
“Jingle bell Jingle bell Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh”
(叮叮当，叮叮当，铃声多响亮，哇，乘着一匹马驾的雪橇多么有趣。嘿！)
则是被改成：

"Dead meat smells, dead meat smells, go vegan all the way! Oh, how kind it is to have a vegan holiday."
(臭死肉、臭死肉、改吃素食去，喔，吃素的假期是多?的仁慈啊！)

　　当然能创作出这么搭调的歌词的人绝对不是简单人物，事实上也确实如此，因为这些歌词是由有十年做词经验的领队卡萝所改编的，卡萝认为采用这种街头表演是传递素食讯息最轻松的方式之一了。

　 看到这么一个有创意的素食宣传方式，你是否也心动想创办一个素食合唱团来宣传素食呢？

附录～几首改编自圣诞歌曲的素食歌曲(英文)。(感谢Carol Moon提供)

　 由于卡萝(Carol Moon)提供的改编歌曲有十六首之多，限于篇幅，这里只列出两首给大家参考，如果有兴趣其它歌曲的朋友，欢迎来信information@vegtomato.org，我们将把完整的歌词寄去给您参考。

Jingle Bells
Chorus
Dead meat smells, Dead meat smells,
Go vegan all the way!
Oh, how kind it is to have
A vegan holiday, hey!
Dead meat smells, Dead meat smells,
Go vegan all the way!
Oh, how kind it is to have
A vegan holiday!
A day or two ago
I ventured out to shop
And when the wind did blow
My grapefruit I did drop.
It rolled across the aisle
Into a case of meat,
And when I caught a whiff of that
I lost my urge to eat - Oh!
Repeat Chorus
Another day last June,
I made a picnic lunch.
We laid our blanket down
And soon began to munch.
A gentle breeze blew by;
My lover shouted “Pew!”
I looked around the fence and spied
A dead meat barbecue! Oh!
Repeat Chorus

Joy to the World
Soy to the world
The to-fu’s come.
At last a bet-ter deal!
Let ev’ry vegetarian
Get started in preparing an
Entirely meat-less meal
Entirely meat-less meal
En-tire-ly, en-ti-i-ir-ly meat-less meal!
No more let ducks or chickens die,
Nor cows and pigs be killed.
We’ve learned to get our pro-tein
From nature’s won-drous soybean,
And tur-keys will be thrilled
And tur-keys will be thrilled
And tur-keys, and tu-u-ur-kys will be thrilled!