TYPICAL CHRISTMAS

The snow outside is falling 
Christmas carolers calling 
Little children dawdling 
The old and infirm falling 
The tree inside is calling 
Lights are a blinking 
Baubles are a hanging 
The open fire crackles and pops 
Slowly dying 
Time to put on more logs 
Maybe some slippers that slob 

Slowly baste and roast that hog 
Cook the veggies on the hob 
Drink some wine like a snob 
Watch tv sprawled like a slob 
Wrap those presents nice and neat 
Place them at the foot of the tree
Hoping one of them is for me 
Eight more hours then I’ll see 
If Santa remembered me 

Christmas time is a time to give 
To bring together all that lives 
To put aside your differences 
The arguments and indifference's 
To eat as one , a family whole 
The black sheep is welcome 
Not disbarred 
The walls and doors are lined with cards 
From friends and family 
Home and abroad 
Some words inside strike a chord 
From forgotten friends 
You wiped from your minds blackboard

The scene is set 
And so is the table 
All sit 
Well those still able 
No longer here
 told as a fable 
but still lies their name tag 
pride and place on the table 

A little prayer to say grace
And to say merry Christmas 
To those you can’t replace
Then silly hats 
Popping crackers 
Stupid jokes 
That aren’t that funny  
But still we laugh 
and hurt our tummies 
then dance around 
like crazed bunnies 

The day is over 
the dishes done 
the table cleared 
the fun is done 
games have played
and have been won 
the tv beckons 
the nights begun

Sprawled out in front of the telly 
Stuffed from your dinner before 
Mouths open 
Followed by a chorus of yawns 
One by one each one falls asleep 
Inside that room no one hears a peep 
Just the snores from those that sleep

The tv plays on to its self 
Till you wake and turn it off 
 Nudge the others
Turn off the lights 
Get in bed and shout goodnight 
Get comfortable 
Then sleep 
Till night is daylight