Fake snow, hey-ho
Melting chocolate baubles
Petrified pine needles scratch
Alcohol for coping
Sunday best, except sweaty Santa
Forced smiles and unprovocative
chatter
Houses and faces scrubbed clean
Tables laid impeccably, just so
Awaiting bloating over-indulgent
yawns
Strained bank balance
Ripping open boxes of disappointment
With Mariah Carey
Wheelie bins overflowing
Gravy scrapings and congealed lard
Once-a-year-menu
Is all this essential to
A Birth Day celebration?
The Lord works in mysterious ways
(Bah, humbug)