Festivities

 weather is cold, nights are drawing in,
 Halloween and Christmas the festivities begin,
 parties and presents, lights and decoration,
 makeup and dresses, too much to mention.

 Tinsel and mistletoe, pumpkin and ghosts,
 these are the things that I love the most,
 Turkey and treacle, Mistletoe and New Year,
 Bonfires and sparklers, the holidays are here.

 Excited children and laughter, Santa is coming,
 The thought of the cost is sometimes numbing,
 but when Christmas morning comes,
 and you see the little faces,
Glaring at the stockings on the fireplaces.