Poem 266: Holidays and New Years

We are now at the starting of January which means a new year has begun

Hope you enjoyed the holidays and got to spend time with your loved ones

I don’t know if it was just me, but the time seemed to speed by

It seemed to take forever when I was a little guy

Now you go to the stores and Valentines are all on display

Weeks from now they will be taken down for St. Patrick’s day

This past yuletide we were the hosts

Supper included turkey and a ham we chose to roast

It was a nice quiet evening with our little group

Plenty of leftovers to share for sandwiches or perhaps homemade soup

Christmas eve we were watching holiday movies and enjoying the show

When we received a message from our neighbours to let us know

They said they saw “Santa” come by our way

He filled our three stockings that we had out on display

I checked the stockings and thanked them with a message we sent

They claimed it wasn’t them and that they just witnessed this event

“It was such a nice gesture” is all I can say

We decided to put them under the tree to open the next day

This is something we won’t soon forget

Presents for everyone including our pet

This seemed to start this holiday off just right

We continued watching our movies the rest of the night

My wife prepared the meal the next day and it turned out great

I helped out later by hand washing every utensil and plate

We video chatted with most of the kids, talked or messaged the rest

Picked up my daughter and her boyfriend who were our special guests

Exchanged gifts when they arrived and enjoyed the rest of the day

Packed up all their gifts later in the evening and then sent them on their way

Turkey and ham was on the menu for a few days more

The rest was put in the deep freeze to store

This holiday was great and I enjoyed everything

I am now looking forward to an early spring!