"THE TWELVE BUGS OF CHRISTMAS," sung by The Sun Carolers, Sun Microsystems employees in Menlo Park, California under the direction of James Langdell who, each Christmas, "take their show on the hall" to sing and entertain their fellow workers with holiday favorites.

This one is, obviously, a parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and its origin is uncertain. Suffice to say, it is a perennial favorite, particularly of software engineers, and has already endured for many years.

In the true spirit of Christmas, Sun would like now to invite Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others to, similarly, create a YouTube video related to our industry (now that Sun has typically broken through with the innovation...kidding!). But do go ahead, we'd love to see what others at our companies might come up with...who's next?

-The Sun Carolers (contact bruce.kerr@sun.com)