Sunday, 5 December 2021

CHRISTMAS CHILL

Enjoy your Christmas day in peace

Avoid any kind of quarrel or wrangle

Chill out, relax and enjoy the day

And don’t get your tinsel in a tangle 

CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN

 

The snow softly falls on Christmas Eve

Excitement abounds for they who believe

Children’s faces gaze out from the light

Searching for Santa in the snowy night

Then off to bed skipping across the floor

After milk and cookies are left by the door

Snuggled under covers they say “night mum”

And think happy thoughts of the day to come

They lie too excited to sleep in their beds

But sleep they do then they dream instead

Dreams of Santa Claus and presents galore

Dreams of toys and sweets and so much more

Then they awake in the early morning gloom

Squeals of delight coming from their rooms

And so another Christmas day has come

A day of love and laughter and above all fun

MOTHER CHRISTMAS

 

The birth of Christ

Is the reason for the day

Santa Claus does his part

In his magical way

Rudolf and the other reindeer

Pull the loaded sleigh

Decorations and lights

Put Christmas on display

And festive songs and carols

Have a part to play

But it takes a mother

To make it a very special day

FESTIVE FEELING

 

Christmas is the time for living

Spreading love with the gift giving

So, at the festive time of year

Fill your heart with Christmas cheer

SNOWFLAKES FALL STEADILY

 

Snowflakes fall steadily

As the wind blows

Laying deeper and deeper

As her progress slows

Knee deep she trudged

Through the deep snows

So I go and rescue her

From out of the snows

To get her safe indoors

Out of the snows

Though not for kindness

Heaven only knows

It was to get her out

Of her ho ho hose

Saturday, 4 December 2021

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – MAGIC (1978)

 

“Magic” is a Horror Drama, screenplay written by William Goldman from his own Novel and Directed by Richard Attenborough.

 

Magician's assistant Corky (Sir Anthony Hopkins) performs disastrously at his first solo appearance, but his mentor, Merlin (E.J. AndrĂ©), tells him he needs to find some charm, and he chooses to do that by getting a ventriloquist dummy called “Fats” to improve his act, and within a few years, Corky is at the height of fame, thanks to his foul-mouthed dummy, however along the way Fats develops a mind of his own, so much so that Corky’s agent Ben Greene (Burgess Meredith) wonders who is actually in control of who.

After refusing the to have a medical exam for a big Network gig he escapes to his old hometown to get his head straight, and finds the town very changed apart from his old crush Peggy Ann Snow (Ann-Margret) who he falls in love with anew, much to the displeasure of Fats and her husband Duke (Ed Lauter).

Goldman's intensely suspenseful, spooky novel shows up on the big screen unabridged and complete in all its terrifying splendour.

ARE YOU WEARING IT FOR A REASON?

 

Are you wearing it for a reason?

That outfit for the Christmas season

Yes it does come around very soon

But you do realise that it’s only June