Forget partridge in a pear tree: Houston meteorologist pens new lyrics for record warm Christmas

With potentially record-breaking Christmas warmth in the forecast for parts of the south and the Midwest, you wouldn't blame folks there for perhaps not feeling the traditional wintry holiday spirit.

HOUSTON -- Move over partridge and make way for the coconuts.

With potentially record-breaking Christmas warmth forecast for parts of the South and the Midwest, you wouldn't blame folks there for perhaps not feeling the traditional wintry holiday spirit.

That extends to Houston, where forecast highs on Saturday were in the low 80s, threatening to topple the city's 83-degree record from 2015 that currently stands as the warmest Christmas Day on record there.

One of those in charge of the forecast at the National Weather Service office in Houston is meteorologist Jimmy Fowler, who decided in his forecast discussion Thursday that "the typical 12 Days of Christmas did not seem appropriate for this year" so he penned a new, warmer version:

(Sing along with us!...)

"On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… a coconut in a palm tree.

"On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… two sunglasses

"On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… three iced coffees

"On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… four sweatbands

"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… five. broken. recordssssss.

"On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… six orange slices

"On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… seven scoops of ice cream

"On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… eight pairs of shorts

"On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… nine umbrella drinks

"On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… ten tank tops

"On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… eleven pool floaties

"On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… twelve A/Cs running."

But while you might think a more tropical version of this song would be needed every year as they're perched along the warm Gulf of Mexico, there have been times the traditional song would be more appropriate.

MORE: 7 Cities where a white Christmas might seem impossible, but isn't.

In 2004, a significant snowstorm moved across southeastern Texas on Christmas Eve, and while it didn't bring much snow to the city of Houston, some areas to their south had up to a foot of snow, with even 4 inches reported along the beach in Galveston.

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