The television advertisements show Christmas
as this wonderfully perfect time of the year
where large families all get on splendidly
and smile lovingly at each other.
The turkey is the size of a Rottweiler hound,
fully cooked and all juicy and gold,
everyone receives the perfect gift,
wrapped in red ribbons and bows.
The whole family joins in the board-games
and carol singers perch on the door-step
Christmas puddings and log fires burn
and stockings hang over the fire-place.
Has anyone ever had a Christmas like that,
like the ones the television adverts sell?
They heap on the stress and pile on the pressure
in the run-up to the big day itself.
Christmas in real-life is not perfection,
things don\'t always go as we plan
and the image of the snow isn\'t right either,
it tends to rain more than snow around here.
I wish you a perfectly imperfect Christmas
where things may not always run smooth,
the turkey may be burnt to a crisp
and the singing isn\'t always in tune.