A Merry Christmas
From Don & Stan



Christmas ( by a grumpy old man)



Christmas comes but once a year"........
And when it comes it brings no cheer
It's October now so buy your holly
By Christmas you'll be far from jolly
Jingle jingle all the way
The tills in toy shops seem to say
With children's presents costing more
Than my old Ford in fifty four
The kids won't wait until December
On your doorstep in November
With Good Wenceslas - followed by
Spare a quid mate for the guy
The pitter-patter of plastic hoofs
Of inflatable reindeer on neighbours roofs
With five hundred coloured lights or more
Hanging from the eaves next door
Midst fairy lights it's good to see
Chocolate Euros on the Christmas tree
At offices parties Oh! such fun
A photocopy of your bum
Getting drunk in paper hats
Looking like a bunch of - fools
Sending cards with words not meant
To long lost relatives in Gwent
And getting some from who knows who
P'raps we met in eighty two
Shopping mayhem and what is more
Wrapping presents. what a chore
Roll on January - I for one
Will be awfully joyful when it's done
So Happy Christmas! - after all
It was a pagan festival




Poetry by Toonist The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2009-11-28 at 12:00

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Phyllis J. Rhodes
You are a funny, grumpy old man Stan! : )
Hey, you're the Dude, don't be Scrooge!
This year I'm looking at everything you've described
that has bothered me and saying bring it on!
I'm celebrating my freedom! No matter what is thrown
at me in all the hoopla, I'm staying focused on God's gift to me!
He wrapped it in the flesh of a tiny baby boy who would grow
into a man who would hang on a cross one day with all my sins upon him. And there he would die and take my sins away. Then he would rise again to show me that I too would do the same one day. Because sinless in God's eyes, I had a ticket to enternity in Heaven! That is what I'm celebrating this year!!
Let the Grinches be warned!
2009-11-28


shells
A grumpy old woman understands these sentiments perfectly, choc euros on the christmas tree made me smile!
2009-11-28


NicholasG
Humbug..ooops...amen.
2009-11-28