Remembering Christmas Past
Where have all the old Christmases gone?
A Christmas day and a birth rolled into one
When did we last roast chestnuts on an open fire?
Can you remember the last time you heard a Christmas choir?
Church bells would ring at this happy time
People would wish you the best and life would be fine
Wake up in the morning before the sun
Christmas day would be a bundle of fun
You would feel about for the presents Santa had left
He had put them beside you on the bed where you slept
Times would be hard then but happy we would be
Sitting around a real Christmas tree
The decorations you made hang low from the ceiling
You would be happy with life what a wonderful feeling
Open your presents –football boots and a ball
An apple, an orange, some pennies would fall
Turkeys in the oven a smell to behold
I wish it could stay and never grew old
Oh theses happy times we shared with Mum and Dad
Things can’t stay forever and that makes us sad
Traditions have gone it’s a time of worry
People rushing round, can’t speak in a hurry
Children wanting the biggest and best
Parents are tired they just look for a rest
Central heating is on, no coal for the fire
There’s no ‘Knocker up’ or even a ‘Town Crier’.
G.W.Milward
Dec 2007
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