The Big C

Today is the day
That Christ was born

Its hard to believe

God as a newborn

Shout of His love

from a bull horn

C minus 7 6 5 4 3 2

Two days to Christmas
kids have come and gone

At least for tonight

and for some hours past dawn

All through with the shopping

unless we find a last coupon

Seven went by fast

Six flew right by

Five I don't remember

Four a bit awry

Three was fun at a play

pleasing to the eye.

C minus 8 7 6

No one is reading this
so it doesn't really matter

Eight days, Seven

Six. Why the chatter?

Guess I just like

to continue the patter.

C minus 9

Down in single digits
Excitement growing strong

Shopping trips planned

diving into the throng

Got to mail the presents

to get to where they belong.

C minus 10

Ten Days, Ten Day
run to the store right away

Only Ten Days Left

no time for layaway

Ten Days left

nothing more to say

C minus 11

Eleven days
and the panic begins

Presents for family

Cards for friends

Candies and pies

How to stay thin?

C minus 12

Twelve days till Christmas
Time to sing that song

With maids and dancing

and doves that belong

If I started singing that song

I'm sure I would hear a gong.

Holiday Carols

I just read a blog of a good friend of mine which supported the use of "Holiday Concert" instead of "Christmas Concert" as the title for a High School band event that just occurred. While his reasoning was sound, I'm wondering about it a bit.

If the concert contained music from the Jewish winter holidays, Muslim winter holidays, and Christian winter holidays, then by all means call it a "Holiday Concert." But if contained Christmas carols, then it should be a "Christmas Concert."

Just my thoughts.

C minus 15 14 13

Fifteen Days
all shops are open

Fifteen Days

all kids are hopin'

Fifteen Days

Bill payers are mopin'

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Only fourteen days left

to get ready for the day

To finish all the shopping

and all the games we play

To put up all the bangles

that could stay up til May

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Thirteen

what a lucky number

Thirteen

break out of your slumber

If I don't get big presents

bummer

C minus 16

Sixteen days
and still no cake

Scott and I are worried

No cakes will she bake

Maybe an Apple Pie

We'll get her to make

C minus 17

Seventeen days
and the snow has finally fallen

Cold winter wind

Can Santa be stallin'?

Loud shouts of joy

will soon be calling.

C minus 18

Eighteen days will go by fast
Eighteen days will never last.

Cold winds blow but shop we must

Until our credit receeds to dust.

Buy more toys for all our kids

Check our latest eBay bids.

Spirit comes after self has been let go.

C minus 19

Nineteen days to go
No lights for us just yet

Time to review the list

for family and our pet

Christmas specials on the tube

and more ads, you can bet

Still time to order

on the net

Still time to ship

without much debt

Not time to

break into a sweat

Just yet.

But the sweating time is coming.

C minus 20

Twenty days to Christmas
The Cold has finally come
A flake or two of snow
The nose a little numb

Ads come in droves
Telling us what to buy
From toys and games and such
to coats to keep us dry

Twenty days of hope
for more than just soap.
Twenty days
still a bit too long.

Lites in the Sky

Christmas lights are up in quite a few houses in our neighborhood, along with inside trees all decorated. This seems a bit early, but maybe they don't leave them up through January as we do. One year, the tree was still up in March until our high school daughter finally got sick of it and starting taking it down.

First snow in St. Louis this morning. 25 or 30 flakes at least. Enough for Santa.