Christmas Day is
lion-sated stomachs
chairs groaning
older people donning party hats scorned by too-cool youngsters
corny jokes in crackers
slapped fingers over crackling
remember-whens and what-about-the-time that
parade of new toys soon to be abandoned
children who never appear before midday up at dawn
sleep-deprived Santas, bleary-eyed and grumpy all day
4 years ago • Notes