Tuesday, 29 November 2022

IF YOU PUT CANDY CANES ON THE TREE

 

If you put Candy canes on the tree

And Popcorn on strings

Then let me give the kind of advice

That experience brings

Don’t pack them away after the

Bell of New Year rings

Otherwise, next year they will be

Seriously unsavoury things

IN THE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE

 

In the Christmas village

At the North Pole

There is much excitement

Being kept under control

As there is to be an election

For every Elf and Troll

Votes can of course be cast

At the North Poll

AUGUST EXPECTATIONS FADE

 

August expectations fade and this season

My team has once again failed to impress

Our end of season video will once again

Be in the shops in time for Christmas

CHRISTMAS KEBAB

 

I love a Kebab at Christmas

More than any other time of year

Their infinite variety of fillings

Fills me with Christmas cheer

You don’t have to eat the same

Stereotypical stuffed pitta

Apart from Donner you can have

Comet, Cupid, Dancer and Dasher

ARE YOU WEARING A TARTAN SKIRT?

 

Are you wearing a Tartan skirt?

And what’s above your socks?

If I were able to take a look

I could maybe see the Trossachs

CHRISTMAS DAY JUST AFTER LUNCH

 

Christmas day just after Lunch

My family, being a fun-loving bunch

Engage enthusiastically one and all

In parlour games to enthral

At first the alcohol fuelled the fun

And a good time was had by everyone

However, as the day wore on

With all self-control long gone

The games degenerate into farce

As an opponent is knocked on his arse

And the afternoon ends in tears

As it has done across the years

And dad makes his annual decree

“Games are forthwith banned” said he

MY BROTHER WAS FIVE YEARS MY SENIOR

 

My brother was five years my senior

So, he always led me astray

He took me on a hunt every December

Leading up to Christmas day

To find the presents that mum and dad

Had cunningly stashed away