72 Miles From The Sea

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

For those born on Christmas day

They miss out, which is a shame

But to rub salt into the wound

Give them a Christmas name

“What’s top of your Christmas list?”

I was asked right out of the blue

“The loveliest girl ever” I replied

“And on Christmas Eve I met you”

One of Santa’s Reindeer

Is truly quite obnoxious

And you’ll have guessed

Its RUDEolph of course

Surely there should be a law

To punish those who play

Christmas music, two months

Before Thanksgiving Day

What nationality is Santa Claus?

Is the question asked most-est

Well, he doesn’t really have one

But North Polish would be closest

Toblerone, the perfect Christmas gift

For the friends you remember

At the very last possible moment

On the twenty fourth of December

One Christmas I was given

A neurotic clockwork Teddy

And it was ready to play with

As it was wound up already.