A MOTHERS CHRISTMAS TALE

 

I have worked for Ebenezer Scrooge all year

A man devoid of any sign of Christmas cheer

I’ve avoided being kissed by the office Romeo

By navigating the office avoiding mistletoe

As the time is ticking towards Christmas day

I could have done with a little help along the way

I’ve dealt with shoppers impatient and rude

But I tried to stay cheerful while I queued

I’ve bought all the presents the paper and bows

I’ve put up with all the countless ho ho ho’s

I’ve got all the groceries and gallons of booze

While you sat in front of the telly and snoozed

I’ve decked the halls I’ve trimmed the tree

I’ve wrapped all the presents from you and me

I’ve written all the Christmas cards to everyone

Which I hand delivered though I posted some

I’ve cleaned the whole house from bottom to top

I’ve washed and ironed till I’m ready to drop

I’ve prepared the veg, I’ve stuffed the bird

I’ve hung the stockings and you’ve not stirred

And the very second, I take a minute for me

The first thing I hear is “Mum, what’s for tea”

So, to Santa Claus I make my annual plea

For a very special present just for me

Just one year I would like to escape this stress

So that I too can have a merry Christmas

CHRISTMAS CHEER

 

I went to the pub with my brother

For a Christmas, lunchtime drink

While my wife cooked the dinner

And washed up at the sink

We got thrown out at 4 o’clock

Full of Christmas cheer and gin

We got home ready for Christmas lunch

And found it in the bin

YES THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS

 

If you want the great gift giver

To come on his sleigh and deliver

Then remember this simple rhyme

And recall it at Christmas time

“If in Santa you do not believe

Christmas gifts you will not receive”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DECK THE HALLS (2011)

 

Based on the novel by Mary and Cathy Higgins Clark this breezy Christmas mystery thriller in which a female Detective Regan Reilly (Scottie Thompson) hooks up with a lottery winner-cleaning woman-turned amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan (Kathy Najimy) to investigate the kidnapping of Regan's father Luke Reilly (David Selby) and a young female driver Rosita Alvarado (Luciana Carro) by a man in a Santa suit just before the holidays.

So, in this fast moving seasonal thriller, the race is on to rescue the unfortunate pair from the out of character “Santa” kidnapper and get them home in time for Christmas.

PLASTIC CHRISTMAS

 

Now Dasher, Now, Dancer

Now Prancer and Vixen

On Comet, On Cupid

On Donner, On Blitzen

So the plastic Santa’s say

Down at the mall

But shoppers have a verse

That serves one and all

Now charge it, now defer it

No cash and No cheques

On store card, on visa

On MasterCard and A-mex

CHRISTMAS POST

 

Mildred went to the post office

To buy stamps for her Christmas cards

“What denomination do you want?”

She was asked by Mr Everard

“That’s political correctness gone mad,

Has it come to this?” said she

“You’d better give me a book of Catholic

And a book of C of E”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MISS KRINGLE (2018)

In her quaint hometown of White Deer, Ellie Hartman (Brooke D'Orsay) works for the Carlington Bakery, famous for making Christmas Kringles, but her real passion is crafting, and her Christmas wreaths are in great demand.

Unbeknown to everyone at the bakery CEO Jack Carlingson (Jonathan Whittaker) is planning to step down in the New Year and hand the reigns over to his son Nick (Daniel Lissing).

However, because of his obsession with modernization he has reservations, so he sends Nick to White Deer in December to learn all aspects of working in a bakery, including the production line that he is so keen to replace and to meet the employees people face to face, because they are the ones destined to be laid off if he got his way.

It fell on Ellie as human resources manager to show him the ropes and teach Nick how to make a Kringle, while also showing him that people make a business successful, not machines.

He is also introduced to the other employees as well as townspeople who work at and use the food bank and begins to appreciate the human cost of mass layoffs.

During the process Ellie and Nick fall for each other as he helps her to chase her entrepreneurial dreams and their other dreams come true at the same time.