We’ve written about neighborhood resident Randy Brooks a few times over the years, chronicling how he came up with the idea to write the holiday classic "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer", what life has been like since then and what he has been doing in the neighborhood lately. The DMN recently published a similar story about Brooks and videoed him singing the song at an Irving school. You’ve heard the it (click here for the lyrics) hundreds of times, mostly by the artists who made it famous (Elmo & Patsy), but you’ve probably never heard Brooks sing it. Here’s your chance.


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