Twas the day after Christmas when all through the mall
Not a shopper was stirring, they had all hit the wall
The stockings were empty, the trees were all bareAdvertisement
In hopes that the Visa bill, wouldn't be there.The children were hyper, like too many meds
While candy cane sugar rush went to their heads
With mammas and daddys all feeling like crap
And everyone needing a post turkey nap.To drive in the city seemed fraught with dangers
Cos the stores were all busy with present exchangers
"Half off it all" they screamed in the ad
And missing that sale would really be bad.So into the cars we make the huge leap
And just like Black Friday, we run out like sheep
The car ads are frightening, tax time will be soon
With Androids and 4G, iPods and iTunes.With the house a disaster and the carcass to clean
We'll have turkey hash till next Halloween
Decoration debris is scattered down halls
Cos the cat ate the tinsel and the dog ate the balls.The games are all on and the guys wait for scores
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Some will get cheers but some will get snores
The Santa's departed, the cheeks have been kissed
While granting the kiddies their long Christmas list.We sit and we think "Wow! Another year gone"
Then we hear a noise somewhere out on the lawn
It's New Years partiers - now that's way too soon
It's not New Years Day - heck it's not even noon.But all we can think of is this - with bereft
There's just 364 shopping days left!
Happy New Year Everyone!
Source: I wrote this on 12-26-11. I hope you all get a chuckle out of it!
By Sandi/Poor But Proud from Salem, OR
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Sandi, you never cease to impress me. What a great poem. Happy New Year!
I love the fun rhythm and surprise in this poem!
I love the fun rhythm and surprise in this poem!
Too cute for words!
Absolutely love it. You should copyright it fast, if you haven't already. GG Vi
I love it!
Marg from England.
Wonderful! very clever!
Thanks everyone! I had a lot of fun with this. I also put it on FB so it's out there in the ether!
The last line is something that I drive my friends and family crazy with each year, so I was thinking instead of putting it in an email, I might think of some other things to do with "one day down and counting" and it just evolved from there.
I had a very low key Christmas. But, I am hoping that things will be better for all of us this New Year. I love that I can share my silliness and creativity with all of you.
And Jess, I loved the photo you added...perfect!
So cute and clever, thanks for sharing!
I just saw this, as I was going through old email. This is so cute, and well done! I'm adding it to my collection of parodies of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas", with proper credit to you, of course.
I've been known as "the aunt who gives books," I know. I used to have a couple of aunts who did myself. I gave them this poem a few years ago.
A MERRY LITERARY CHRISTMAS
by Alice Lowe
When Christmas shopping time draws nigh
And I am faced with gifts to buy
I think about one relative
Who always had one gift to give.
And every year her present came.
And every year it was the same.
While other gifts were round and fat,
(Their secrets hidden) hers was flat.
Rectangular, the corners square,
I'd only open it to write
A "thank you" that was too polite,
But every year when Christmas went
I'd read the book my aunt had sent,
And looking back, I realize
Each gift was treasure in disguise.
So now it's time to write her here
A thank-you note that is sincere.
So thanks for Alice and Sara Crewe,
For Christopher Robin and Piglet and Pooh,
For Little Nell and William Tell
And Peter and Wendy and Tinker Bell.
Thanks for Tom and Jim and Huck,
For Robinson Crusoe and Dab-Dab the duck,
For Meg and Jo and Johnny Crow
And Papa Geppeto's Pinocchio
For Mary Poppins and Rat and Toad
King Arthur and Dorothy's Yellow Brick Road,
For Kipling's Kim and tales from Grimm,
And Ferdinand, Babar and Tiny Tim.
I loved them all, I'm glad I met them.
They're with me still, I won't forget them.
So I'll give books on Christmas Day
Though I know what all my nieces say.
I know it from the way they write
A thank-you that is too polite.
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