CHRISTMAS (ACROSTIC) # 2

Cinnamon

Hot Chocolate

Rum Cakes

Icing

Stollen

Turkey

Mulled wine

Apple cider

Stuffing 

The Silver Tinsel Tree

 

Being born in the late fifties I have few recollections of that austere decade, almost all of my earliest memories are from the brasher, brighter and less restrained sixties.

As a result my early memories of Christmas are of a bright and sparkly time when paper chains and the watery colours of paper stars, bells and balls were being replaced by foil and tinsel.

Hence the Silver Tinsel Christmas Tree, looking back it was a quite unspectacular specimen of a tree compared to what’s on offer nowadays, but we loved it.

It stood less than 5 feet tall with its fold down tinsel covered wire branches tipped with red beads to symbolise berries.

However by the time Dad had worked his not inconsiderable magic and covered it with every size, shape and shade of bauble, glass birds with feathered tails, lantern lights, strands of brightly coloured tinsel, chocolate treats and tiny crackers lain on the branches it was transformed and was absolutely stunning,

It was the only tree I ever knew until my teenage years came to an end when in the mid-seventies I suggested we have a real tree just for a change.

I would never have suggested it if I had realised that it would signal the death knell of the Silver Tinsel Tree as the following year it was replaced by a green plastic tree more akin to those of today.

After my Dad died a few years later the task of decorating the tree fell to me I realised sadly that I hadn’t inherited his tree dressing skill and was never able to equal him.

I came close one year, in 1983 but I think in the end I merely flattered to deceive, the task has fallen to my wife for the past 24 years, she makes a far better fist of it then I ever could.

Whether she possesses the necessary skill to transform a Silver Tinsel Tree however we will never know.

 

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS ACTOR OF ALL TIME # 2

 

The best Christmas actor of all time

Will this one isn’t actually very

But she sounds like she should be

And so the winner is Holly Berry

A CHRISTMAS DAY BIRTHDAY # 2

 

For those born on Christmas day

They miss out, which is a caper

But to rub salt into the wound

Wrap their gift in xmas paper

WRAPPING UP CHRISTMAS

 

We all remember that moment as kids,

That sudden realization that makes you sad

When you notice Santa Claus has used

The same wrapping paper as mum and dad

I ALWAYS MAKE THE EFFORT TO GO HOME

 

I always make the effort to go home

Though it fills me with dread to be clear

Two days of unwelcome parenting advice

From relatives I see once or twice a year

WHEN WE SIT DOWN TO CHRISTMAS DINNER

 

When we sit down to Christmas dinner

I’m relieved and feel incredibly grateful

Because annoying relatives speak less

During the meal as their mouths are full