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I just finished seeing Don Box and Chris Anderson's MSDN TV Special Holiday Episode III - Connecting People, Programs and Devices Using WinFX which gave the term CGI Joe completely new meanings. Their Holiday song which was sung with notes produced by XBOX Controller sending SOAP Messages to piano is as follows.

code they told me
pa-rum-pu-pum-pum

a new platform to use
pa-rum-pu-pum-pum

the finest apps we'll bring
pa-rum-pu-pum-pum rum-pu-pum-pum rum-pu-pum-pum

simple code                    (code they told me)
can it be                          (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)
(the) xaml life                  (a new platform to use)
is all I see                        (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)

see the day of glory        (the finest apps we'll bring, pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)
see the day when            (code they told me) 
programs connect via soap          
via x-m-l                        (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum rum-pu-pum-pum)

simple code                   (a new platform to use, pa rum pum pum pum)
--- can it be                   (when we code)

every app must be made aware
every app must be made to care
'bout the network and service bus
to bring the programs to us

I pray my wish               (code they told me)
will come true                (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)
for my code                   (a new platform to use)
and your code too         (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)

see the day of glory        (the finest apps we'll bring, pa-rum-pu-pum-pum)
see the day when            (code they told me) 
programs connect via soap          
via x-m-l                        (pa-rum-pu-pum-pum rum-pu-pum-pum)

simple code                   (a new platform to use, pa rum pum pum pum)
--- can it be                   (when we code)

--- can it be