The twenty-fourth of December, the magic is near,
But let me tell you, friend, it starts with holiday fear.
Dad's up on a ladder, trying to string the bright lights,
Tripped on the extension cord, now the whole block is in fights.
The cat thought the tinsel was a toy he could bite,
Now the Christmas tree's tilting, it's a terrible sight!
The carols are blaring, but nobody's singing,
Just Grandma yelling, "Where is the bell I was ringing?!"
Oh, it's a very merry mayhem, a jolly good mess,
We're swimming in wrapping paper and Christmas-time stress.
The gravy is lumpy, the turkey is raw,
A classic holiday greeting: a minor kitchen war.
But don't you worry, don't you frown, beneath all the noise,
This is the chaos that every good Christmas employs!
Mom baked twenty cookies, a perfect, sweet stack,
Then the dog with the apron snuck in from the back.
He devoured the gingerbread men, he left not a crumb,
Now he looks quite guilty, with a sugar-coated bum.
The snow started falling, so we closed the front door,
But somehow Aunt Agnes got locked on the porch with a roar!
Little Timmy is crying, he can't find his new train,
And someone put salt instead of the sugar again.
Oh, it's a very merry mayhem, a jolly good mess,
We're swimming in wrapping paper and Christmas-time stress.
The gravy is lumpy, the turkey is raw,
A classic holiday greeting: a minor kitchen war.
But don't you worry, don't you frown, beneath all the noise,
This is the chaos that every good Christmas employs!
For a moment we stop, look around at the scene,
The lights are all tangled, the house isn't clean.
We could throw in the towel, just call it a day,
But then Mom takes a breath and just smiles as she'd say:
"It's tradition, my darlings, a beautiful flight,
We always get through it, and we make it just right!"
The table is set, well, mostly that's true,
The food is all ready, just slightly askew.
The carols are soft now, the fire is bright,
We've made it through the madness, and it's Christmas Eve night!
We laugh at the burns and the things that went wrong,
'Cause together is better, where we truly belong.
Merry Christmas! We did it again!
APWBD2000
