Horsing around

On the second day of Christmas I accompanied two ladies to a horse show: two and a half hours of show horses doing their thing inside a rectangle of sawdust, accompanied and lead by a variety of brightly clad ladies and gentlemen.
The members of the audience came from all walks of life, going by the [...]

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Best wishes

A merry Xmas to you all
Wherever you may be
Whatever faith or point of view
It’s all the same to me
But brotherhood is something else
That reaches out to all
To take the hand of friendship
Or ignore the plaintive call
Let those who would estrange us
Fail in their so selfish cause
For we are from the angels
And are here, well, just [...]

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Lighter days

And so today it’s Christmas Eve
Soon this old year will take its leave
A few days left of wine and mirth
Extending happiness, some girth
Ignoring as the end draws near
Those spreading tales of gloom and fear
As winter crawls across the land
And touches all with its cold hand
Let’s freeze all thoughts but love and cheer
Until they thaw as [...]

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Christmas miscellany

I’m counting the branches on the Christmas tree
I’ve got to six hundred while down on one knee
But now I guess I’ll have to stand
If this amount is to expand …
Now all is green before my eyes
And as my concentration dies
I’ll write the number down but then
I fear I’ll have to start again.
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I wrapped the presents [...]

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Timeless wishes

Old Santa’s polishing his sleigh
And elves are working night and day
To finish toys for girls and boys
Their tapping makes a dreadful noise
The reindeer soon will have to fly
As this old year has just flown by
So now they’re munching extra hay
To give them strength to pull away
When Santa says it’s time to go
And off they rise [...]

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Thoughts before Christmas

If you celebrate Christmas with friends and/or family then you’ll probably have a feeling, as we do, that’s it’s now rushing towards you at an accelerated rate. We’ve already bought a Xmas tree that has been hewn from specially grown forests in some northern clime and are halfway through sending greeting cards. The tree’s standing [...]

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