Saturday, December 24, 2011

In The South


IN THE SOUTH

It's Christmas Eve already
In the Land of Upside-Down;
The children will soon be tucked in bed
For when Santa comes to town.
The air is warm and steamy,
Blossom-scented and benign,
And, in a sky of navy-blue
The stars have begun to shine.
When we wake up on Christmas Day
You will still be asleep
And maybe you'll have snow outside
All Christmas-cardy deep.
Such different worlds we live in...
We shivered when you were hot;
And now we're throwing off the sheets
And we're pretty sure you're not!
So my greetings go to England,
With this Aussie Christmas scene;
From south to north, from here to there
And all places in between.
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BRIGHT XMAS!
To the tune of 'White Xmas!'
(Written last year, when the weather was more traditional!)

I'm dreaming of a bright Christmas,
Just like the ones we have each year,
With the bell-birds singing,
The beach-front swinging
And skies always blue and clear.
I'm dreaming of a bright Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write
'May your days be snowy and white,
But may all our Christmases be bright!'
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2 comments:

Winifred said...

Well our weather is going to be wet, wild but definitely not white this year!


Have a wonderful Christmas Brenda and a happy & healthy year in 2012.

Kathe W. said...

Have a warm and Happy Christmas and as Stafford says "Here's to a year of co-operation"!