Christmas Collection 2018

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 13TH OF DECEMBER

Remember, Remember the 13th of December
And put your lighted candles out
Because that is the very special day
And light is what St Lucy is all about

UNDER THE CHRISTMAS MOON

Moonlight glinted
On the frozen land
Of the silent vale
Dressed crisply
In winters cloak.
A shooting star
Flashed across the sky
And I made a wish
Nothing profound
Just a simple thing
But immensely special
Because I wished
For a Christmas kiss
With the girl I loved

WHILE THE FAMILY SLUMBER

Myriad snowflakes fall
Flakes, infinite in number
Crystals of purest white
Settle while we slumber

Early the next morning
In the gloomy light
A pure white blanket
Was greeted with delight

The kids were excited but
The presents took their focus
For their parents it was magical
To have a White Christmas

MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS

The first time I met
My pretty little Miss
We needed mistletoe
To share a Christmas Kiss

Now when I meet
With my pretty Miss
We need no artificial aid
For us to share a kiss

And when we meet
And we share a kiss
Every day is Christmas
For me and my little Miss

SHOOTING A PRIZE TURKEY

Shooting a prize Turkey, with bullets
Of sage and onion, was his crime
He claimed that he was attempting
To kill it and stuff it at the same time

THE GRINCH AND THE ELF

When love was taken from him
He was left bereft, and his heart stopped
And his world was transformed
To a place of ice and snow
Where his cold heart,
Once over flowing with love,
Froze solid in his chest.
So he came to like the winter
With its long cold nights
And short dismal days
He found comfort in the season
And its bitter unfriendly ways
Only Christmas spoiled it for him,
Disrupting his misery,
With its joyous music,
Gaily decorated shops,
And of course its joviality
But then one day out of the blue
As he tried to avoid the jollity
It happened, his heart began to thaw
All because of an Elf
Or to be more precise
A girl in the green tights, pointy shoes,
Brightly coloured tunic and a cute hat
All it took was one smile
For the connection to be made
And she had him body and soul
Although he was unaware
It was a mutual attraction
Because she didn’t show her hand
And played hard to get
She wanted him, but she made him work
To win her, to pursue her
To prove that he was worthy
So it wasn’t until Christmas Eve
That the Elf yielded to the Grinch
And they kissed by the light of the moon
Before attending midnight mass

TO MAINTAIN A HIGH FIBRE DIET

To maintain a high fibre diet
During the Christmas festivities
We are urged not to eat deserts
And instead eat the Christmas trees

HE STOOD IN THE COLD CRISP NIGHT

He stood in the cold crisp night
Beneath the moon and the stars
And looked at the majestic vista
Imagining such a perfect night sky
Two thousand years before

THE ROOM WAS FULL OF CHRISTMAS

The room was full of Christmas,
Steeped in the essence of the season,
Fragranced with Apple and Cinnamon,
And decorated in festive livery
Fresh cut garlands of evergreens,
Tinsel, candles and coloured lights
And on the peaceful Holy night
With the velvet drapes pulled shut
Against the bitter cold of winter
A perfect couple held each other
In the soft warm glow of firelight
And the cozy room was full of love

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 21ST OF DECEMBER

Remember, Remember the 21st of December
St Thomas the apostle is about
Because that is the special day
When St Thomas is without a doubt

UNDER THE CHRISTMAS SKY

Under the Christmas sky
Their breath plumed
In the frost filled air
And the night sky
Sparkled with stars
Like diamonds sewn
To the curtain of night
And they both sighed
Beneath its majesty
And felt so blessed
To be in love beneath
Such a Christmas sky

MUSIC IN SPACE

Round the world they go
In nineteen sixty five
Orbiting the earth
So high up in the sky

Dashing round the world
Above the earth they race
Jingle Bells the song, was
The first one played in space

O Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way.
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a space ship far away hey

Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells

THE THREE WISE MEN WERE LATE TO THE NATIVITY

The three wise men were late to the nativity
However not because they had travelled very far
But because one of them was an astronomer
And endlessly wittered on about the bloody star

RADIANT LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Radiant light of the world
Oh most divine child of love
Joyous redeemer

HOLLY DEAREST

Icicles hang from the gutters
All on the landscape is still
Ice crystals pattern the glass
Snow stands deep on the sill
Curtains drawn against the dark
As a fire roars in the hearth
While my darling lays in my arms
And love burns hot in my heart

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 26TH OF DECEMBER

Remember, Remember the 26th of December
The feast of Stephen is the day
Celebrated in a very special way
In the UK it’s known as Boxing Day

MY WIFE WAS IN THE KITCHEN

My wife was in the kitchen
And I went in to take a look
While she cooked the goose
Just before I goosed the cook

IN AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

In Auckland New Zealand
They don’t say Happy Christmas
As it’s built on a strip of land
So instead they say Merry Isthmus

BLACK CHRISTMAS

Now that the one I love is gone
The season has left me bitter
My heart has lost its soulmate
And Christmas has lost its glitter