The Lead-Up

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THE LEAD-UP

If, and this is my belief,

Christmas exists to bring relief

To the peasants who've laboured hard

To deliver the pudding and Xmas card,

Why is it all so terribly tiring,

Leaving us wilting and perspiring?

If it's all so very jolly,

Why this air of melancholy?

The festive season has a way

Of exhausting prior to Xmas Day.

The wrappings rumple, the candles drip,

And Auntie starts to lose her grip.

Next year I'm going to an hotel.......

Where I'll find everyone else as well!

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WHY NOT?

A frill-necked lizard is quite cute,

But it's rarely seen in a Santa suit!

While little pups and little kittens

Decorate cards wearing fleecy mittens,

Santa hats and snow regalia

Not really suited to Australia!

Rabbits, even pigs are seen

Embellishing the Xmas scene.

But other creatures are deemed too lowly

To take part in something sweet and holy.

How about snakes? Is it too hard

To put one on your Xmas card?

Scorpions never take a part

In all the pretty Xmas art!

Jelly-fish too are quite ignored

On the Xmas card drawing-board!

To put things right please see above

A creature that you may not love.

I must say I grew quite excited

When this frill-neck's hat was sighted.

Give me, any day, a frill-necked lizard

(Preferable to a turkey gizzard!)

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