Best singing voices everyone – to be sung to Away in A Manger…but not the words in brackets..
Christmas in Australia (Down Under)
is just round the bend (tee hee tomorrow)
I have prepped and stressed out (no I haven’t this year it’s at Sister -in-laws)
and now hope this will end
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We shall have our nibbilies
when they first walk in the door (no her door)
then we’ll offer them a drink
one or two or maybe more
~~~
We shall sit at the table and crack
our bon-bons plastic toys and
paper hats and will look
like proper nongs ( Aussie for idiot)
~~~
I’ll stress ’bout the turkey and also the pork (not this year)
is it cooked properly through
is it done right? Yes I query
please test with your fork
~~~
I’ll consume too much alcohol (a given)
I know this to be true
and I’ll get all melancholy
just gazing at you (bleary eyed)
~~~
the entree will come first
do not know what they’ll bring (I’m bringing 3kgs of prawns with home made Sate sauce & lots of garlic)
I’m sure it’ll be delightful
and we’ll gladly tuck in
~~~
the spuds will be crunchy
the pumpkin cooked just right
the mushy peas and salads
tasty morsels every bite
~~~
Then we have our pudding
lashings of custard if you please
then there’s trifle laced with alcohol ( a given again)
oh our belts will surely squeeze
~~~
The wine will flow freely
the laughs will get loud
there’ll be memories of
past years and how we imbibed
~~~
The presents will we open we
will goo and we will will gaa
we shall say oh you shouldn’t have (eyes rolling)
you really went too far
~~~
BUT secretly we are happy
for the presents that they gave
we’re delighted and thankful
and ‘each one’ is our fave
~~~
The Carols will be playing
in the background soft and sweet
we shall eat drink and be merry
and later fall asleep (some quicker than others)
~~~
Yes, this day is for families
and ones that you love
if I start to get teary
I will blame the egg-nog (have to blame something)
~~~
The festivities will be finished
the kitchen is a mess (well hers will be)
the dishes piled up high
but at least no more stress
~~~
Then Christmas day is over and
our tummies will be full and we
daren’t go and weigh ourselves
no that would be cruel
~~~
So enjoy your celebrations
whatever you may do have
and cry or laugh hysterically
for you’re entitled too
©jmtacken 2013
I cheated – this is what I wrote last year..it’s a bit…hmmm…unless of course you sang (okay it’s still hmmm) and I added a few bits as I am not holding Christmas this year (PHEW) but as I have another Service to write ~ well I’m taking the easy way out.
Seriously though ~ how do I thank you? All of you, for your kind words, your critique, your encouragement, your care, your support. I have been on WP since July last year, last December I had posted 69 posts..up to this one 712… yes ~ that is why I called my site Ramblings.
Again seriously, this Mums from ‘Down Under’ is grateful that I have met you and developed friendships. We lost another fellow WP in October and she will be sorely missed. I will miss her, those who knew her will miss her. Everyone (no matter how corny or trite you may think this sounds) is part of a family on here. We share, we cry, we give, we take, we laugh, encourage, we are humble, we boast…sounds like a family to me.
So from me to you all, I wish each and every one of you a beautiful Christmas. Mine of course is tomorrow, so I shall have a full stomach before you even start on yours. Ours will be in 31 deg heat…yours…hmm not so much.
May you all continue to write, continue to support each other and be there for one another ~ the good – the bad and the ugly.
and like ‘Arnie’…. “I’ll be back”
Love ya’ faces
xxx
Take Care everyone, stay safe and may your Christmas Day be filled with wonderment, joy and mostly love.
I sang it all the way through! LOL. Great fun Jenny. I am so glad that I met you and I am really looking forward to getting to know you in 2014. I wish you and your family a really great and happy time. 🙂
Thank you Jade and thank you for singing! I thought I heard you..across the seas 🙂 Pleasure meeting you and also look forward to getting to know you and your writing more in the New Year.
A lovely Christmas is wished to you and all your family.
xx
Lovely Jen, though the fact that you’ll be pissed before you start eating is a worry…lol….but have a great day, not so hot up my way, so should be a good one for us. Enjoy and I hope Santa is good to you.
roflmao…oh my…me..pizzled? neva 😉
No I shall be good…no possibly won’t…
Yes(for a change) we have a hot one – hard to believe it’s tomorrow already isn’t it?
Santa has bought me a blue tooth GPS…think I’m going to need it 🙂 Hope Santa is good to you too my friend. (hugs)
Well if you drink too much you’ll need it to get home…lol
Merry Christmas Jenny….enjoy.
LOL- as S.I.L’s is close to my Penguins – I could walk home blindfolded 😉 …or blind?
Thank you Michael and a Merry Christmas to you. x
Merry Christmas XO
thank you E~ and to you 🙂 xx
fantastic fun, jen. and the same to you and yours. i bought christmas crackers to open this year in honor of my aussie family )
awww aren’t you good – obviously you don’t normally do that? All our different traditions ~ love ’em. Thank you so much sweety – bed now for me or else Santa won’t come 😉 xx
no, not an american thing at all. nite, nite jen. and i am up to make the christmas eve morning chernobyl coffee before my guests awaken.
Let the food parade and drinks cart proceed with the festivities. Have a wonderful Christmas.
you made me laugh – thanks Tess ~ Christmas Carols are now playing and our day has begun!! 🙂 x
I’m finally taking a breather after open house last night and then overnight guests and then…brunch… I get treated to supper tonight without lifting a finger. Yay.
YAY wonderful Tess you have been busy, enjoy lovely lady. 🙂 xx
Merry Christmas Mumsy! …. we are still waiting for Santa.
thank you honey 🙂 he won’t be that long, he’s resting here for a little while 😉 xx
Mumsy! what are you doing with Santa? *gasps and covers my eyes*
his resting…and not in my bed…tis all ok I been good 😉
Merry Christmas to you too!! 🙂 🙂
thank you Helen and to you and yours 🙂 🙂
Hey,
Merry Christmas! That is such a wonderful song… very lyrical and rhythmic. I hope you are doing good. I have been quite irregular on wordpress lately.
Thank you 🙂 that’s ok we all take a little space now and then, how is the studying going? And thank you for the Merry Christmas 🙂
I am out of town and that has disrupted the meager bit of it I was doing. I have now filled up the examination form and I believe I will do it somehow. Though I would have to study which hopefully I would start doing sincerely real soon. Thank you for asking.
I hope you are able to pick the books up again, I am sure you can do it
Sang along in my head. 🙂 Merry Christmas, Jen to you and all your gang. Looking forward to knowing you more in 2014! 🙂 x
Deck the Halls? Oh no wait mine 😉 Thank you lovely and to you and yours. Yes 2014 ~ bring it on 🙂 x
ha. so you became nongs eh? smiles…sounds like fun times…we had a great christmas thank you…everyone is kinda in their own little world right now playing with their presents…and i am half ready to sleep…lol…merry christmas…and thank you…smiles.
Sounds like you had a great day, I’m glad ~ smiles we have finished our Boxing Day eating and again full 😦 ~oh and you’re welcome… Smiles
I hope you are enjoying your holidays thoroughly and I hope that 2014 is amazing =)
It has been such a pleasure to meet you this year. I hope you had a wonderful wonderful Christmas and that Mum and Pops are fine! Here is my f\vourite take on Christmas from my favourite artist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbski39k9M
How very sweet of you and I am glad I met you also. Mum & Pop are doing ok – touching wood. I shall look at the clip a little later..knee deep in writing a service ssshhh I wasn’t here 😉 xxxxx
😉
🙂 xx
hey you…smiles…about to hit the road with my son…have a great new year….
catch you next week! smiles.
hey you back – hope you have a wonderful time one on one ~ hope you and your family have an awesome new year yourself ~ catch~ smiles
smiles….we just got back early this morning…and i am sucking coffee down to wake up still…lol…ran into some nasty fog coming through the mountains that really slowed us down adding a few hours to the trip….hope you had a good weekend…
Glad you got through the mountains okay and hope you had a wonderful time away – recharge the batteries ~ looking forward to next year and more poetry and babbling – Have a healthy, happy New Year my friend..and thank you for your friendship and your continued encouragement of this little mum down under. Appreciated ~ smiles from the heart and the face
I love this post! I hope all went well, Jen. Glad that I “met” you! 🙂
Thanks hun – yes it did very nice – and ditto 🙂 x