The sky was blue with no trace of cloud
As I made my way through the bustling crowd
Then something made me gasp out loud!
Had earth quickened its celestial round
And brought December with a bound -
Had the seasons all turned upside down!
For in the heat of summer's glow
There in a stationer's shop-window
Cold and shivery and deep in snow
Winter's white and sunlight pale
Shrouded trees and hill and dale
On Christmas cards set out for sale.
How lucrative was that holiday
By the sea and sun and sandy bay
For I bought some cards without delay.
Jane and Henry, Tom and Shirley
Each received one, six months early -
In time for the festive hurly-burly!
I sent one off to old Aunt Kate
Saying 'sorry it was six months late' -
Hope she didn't wait long at the gate!
Then I wrote beneath each Christmas rhyme
'A Happy Christmas' the weather's fine,
Having a perfectly wonderful time!
Submitted by Joyce Atkinson
Thorpe Bassett, Malton
Updated: 09:03 Thursday, July 26, 2001
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