[CH] And so this is Christmas...
John Benz Fentner, Jr. (johnfentner@attbi.com)
Wed, 25 Dec 2002 10:02:51 -0500
John & Yoko for the straight people:
So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
For the rest of us, the lovely and talented Tom Lehrer:
(Yes, you...you know who you are)
Christmas time is here, by golly,
Disapproval would be folly,
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
Fill the cup and don't say "when."
Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens,
Even though the prospect sickens,
Brother, here we go again.
On Christmas Day you can't get sore,
Your fellow man you must adore,
There's time to rob him all the more
The other three hundred and sixty-four.
Relations, sparing no expense'll
Send some useless old utensil,
Or a matching pen and pencil.
"Just the thing I need! How nice!"
It doesn't matter how sincere it
Is, nor how heartfelt the spirit,
Sentiment will not endear it,
What's important is the price.
Hark the Herald Tribune sings,
Advertising wondrous things.
God rest ye merry, merchants,
May you make the Yuletide pay.
Angels we have heard on high
Tell us to go out and buy!
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky.
Don't stand underneath when they fly by.
Celebrate the Solstice with your ritual of choice (aspirin will fix most
of it). As a nice Jewish boy from Nazareth mighta put it: Sholom
Aleichem. That's Pax Vobiscum for you revisionists. :)
JB "o"o===="
Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men...and Wimmin too.
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John Benz Fentner, Jr.
Unionville, Connecticut, USA
"Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis"
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