Less Talk, More Gravy: Here’s How Australia Is Celebrating Paul Kelly’s #GravyDay

It's the 21st of December, and ~~now they're ringing the last bells~~ Aussies everywhere are out in force celebrating Paul Kelly’s anthem How To Make Gravy.

Its iconic lyrics and infectious melodies have made it one of the country’s most beloved festive songs, so much so that #gravyday is now trending across Twitter, confusing those who might not be familiar with the ’96 hit.

It’s become so popular that Kelly’s been travelling the country as of late with a mini-festival name after the song, the Melbourne leg of which pushed on despite extreme flooding – nothing can stop Australians Making Gravy.

Here’s a snapshot of how Australians are spending #gravyday.

Happy Gravy Day. Love, Team PK #makinggravy #gravyday 🎥 Ian Darling / Shark Island Productions
Posted by Paul Kelly on Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Imagine finding out Joe went to prison for putting needles in the strawberries 😩 fuckkk that #gravyday
— Ball Park Music (@ballparkmusic) December 20, 2018

Happy Gravy Day everybody!!

May your tomato sauce bring you all sweetness and that extra tang #gravyday
— Alvis Prowsley (@alvisprowsley) December 20, 2018

Spare a thought for all the poor ABC local radio presenters today getting bombarded with requests for 'the gravy song' #gravyday
— Angus Randall (@angusrandall) December 20, 2018

tbh im not even sure who Franken Dolly is #GravyDay
— triple j Unearthed (@triplejunearthd) December 21, 2018

It's the 21st of December...don't forget that dollop of tomato sauce #gravyday https://t.co/pc50xa7zsY
— Kathy McCabe (@McCabeRadar) December 20, 2018

Happy #gravyday to all the Dan's, Joe's, Rita's and even the Rodger's out there. pic.twitter.com/DSNyyMQSqC
— Wolf, guess what my username elsewhere is :-) (@wolfcat) December 20, 2018

As a side note, @LUCABRASIAUS’s excellent, excellent Like A Version for @triplej runs for 4 minutes and 24 seconds, meaning you can listen to it 339 times in a day. You now know how I’ll be spending tomorrow. #GravyDay
— Grant Condon (@GrantCondon) December 20, 2018

Meanwhile, in Australia, there's a National #GravyDay. I have never heard of anything so glorious! (Nobody in my family cares about gravy as much as I do. I... might be a foundling?)
— FutureDinosaur! (@tRexinwaiting) December 21, 2018

I'm not gonna lie, we used Joe's gravy recipe one year and now we know why he's in prison.

Classic song nonetheless. Paul Kelly = legend. #gravyday
— JC (@JCRedV4) December 21, 2018