Tuesday, December 24, 2019

'Tis Christmas Eve...

...and all is calm....downright sedate in fact.

But years ago, 'twasn't so...
...five sons made sure of that.

We trimmed the tree...
..while carols played, and drank hot chocolate.

We read about St. Nick's big trip...
...around the world that night.

And then we watched as Christmas Ghosts...
































...haunted Scrooge in threes.

And cheered his reformation...
...with jocularity.

Then off to bed if not to sleep...
...not much rest sublime.

I'd do it all again right now...
...could I travel back in time.

But time and tide, so Chaucer wrote,
...for no man tarry they.

And now my sons, once little boys,
...have grown and moved away.

And so this night has changed a bit,
...much calmer than before.

But then as now we celebrate...
...the advent of our Lord.

Merry Christmas, mcm fans...



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