Here's a first offering to Poet's Corner from a Southampton gentleman.

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"The Housewife's Christmas"

Christmas is a-coming with the bustle and the noise

The shops are all a-bulging with the presents and the toys.

The scarlet coated Santa’s appearing in their grottoes

The crackers piled up in the shops with their quite awful mottoes.

I struggle in and out the crowd, my purse is getting thinner  

I'm wondering, just wondering if there’ll be enough for dinner.  

 I must not forget the turkey, the pudding and the port 

And lots and lots of other things I really should have bought. 

The carousel that’s turning in the middle of the market 

Helps to make my head spin--“Oh the car! Where did I park it?” 

No need to panic, I just thought, I came in on the bus 

I wish that I could stop myself from making such a fuss.

But then on Christmas morning it will really seem worthwhile 

As the children find their presents, I may even start to smile, 

To see their wide eyed wonder as they find each shiny toy 

It’s a world of great excitement for each little girl and boy. 

And though I’ll be exhausted by the time my work is through 

I wouldn’t miss a Christmas, and I hope that you won’t too.

by  George Nicolls, 

Dibden Purlieu, Southampton

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