dig deep! tiz the holidays. . .
empty out the cookie jar
give the last of our crumbs
to thuggish elves in economic red
strip our own families money-naked
body paint our culture merry green
dig deep, tiz the holi-dAzE. . .
act insane, for a little while
like the elves who see into the future,
credit card company applauds you
pierce your purse in the side
dig deep, tiz the holi-CrAzE. . .
a tarnish'd shovel is your reward
fill each trenches
with crumpl'd receipts,
and by the way, while digging
the financial dirt from beneath
your fingernails,
please don't pick the daisies,
'cause the daisies,
they are free
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Holiday Craze: Complementary Article by Cynth'ya Lewis Reed
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drawn in. As for Christmas, it is easily the best and
the worst time of the year. All that ho-ho-ho'ing is
hard on the nerves!! Not to mention most of it is
falser than a. . .reality show??!!?? Not to go on {you
know me;)}, but it is a good idea to 'cool' Christmas
some years, in my not-so-humble opinion. One year
my husband and I agreed to "cancel." Our kids were
well-nigh grown & we had never given a lot of gifts
to others, so it wasn't that big a deal. Instead of
buying a lot of iffy presents, we made a donation to
our favorite charity. Not saying we did not celebrate
in other ways, but we said Bah Humbug to Commercial
'Xmas,' and were glad we did. Anywaaaay, you did
a fantastic job of getting across a very important
message. Way to GO~!!! Pea <3
dayum, girl, you got it pegged spot ON! vividly captured, the chaos that christmas has become...only thing, the daisies here have shriveled from the cold and up and DIED! LOL guess i'll have to go buy...never mind. LOL APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE! LOVE IT
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :)
Reindeer
I think I'll leave my credit cards at home.
Take care