Christmas Put on the Bench

I nearly choked when someone told me it was less than a month till Santa comes!
By god where’s the year sped off to?
But since it’s fast approaching and just for us, Santa runs
We will discuss all things snow and how Madrid has made it a taboo!

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Here ye! Here ye! Christmas is cancelled!
What’s that you say wench?!
I said, the local council has gone and cut Christmas!
They can’t have! No one puts that holiday on the bench!


Well well, it would appear as though the Spanish government
thinks otherwise!
The capitol and its banks have decided, the holiday they would resent
And so the festive season suffers a first time demise.


The financial crisis has hit Spain hard
And left the country caught between a rock and its flag place.
It is suffering worst unemployment since the first changing of the guard!
The only market inflating is the black, desperate crime means all want mace…


The mayor of Madrid has decided –
(no no, nothing sordid),
just that festive parties and drinks
be greatly reduced to not cause the economy anymore kinks.


In one foul sweep he declared that the snow should halt
The Christmas spirit teetered down to nil,
And the pine trees be allowed their forest floor to hold their malt.
Oh dear…oh heavens…it would appear as though there is no festive will!


Such are the cutbacks affecting the country and city
That some smart alleck has decided a number of motorways ought not have lighting!
Pray do tell if I overreact and deserve no pity
But I argue that in fact no lights invite trouble for those with precarious sighting!


‘tis no excuse, granted, but all heavens below and above -
One thing is to cancel Christmas, which really is quite bad,
But another that the safety of citizens is unworthy of love!
Sloppy cutbacks and no Santa just make for the people to be sad.


The mayor, who’s name I am impressed I know
Has clearly decided the budget is better spent in asphalt
And not in allowing the electricity to run through the fairy lights and let cheer flow.
The name, beginning with ‘G.’ is one uttered by all in traffic jams around the city.


Attempts to quash the Christmas spirit were once tried by Scrooge
And given the excitement proceeding presents
I would say that such efforts were futile and do not even spark the rouge!
The frown appeared, the voices thundered but were nothing for those who Christmas cheered.


It is a time not believed in by all
But by now the ambience is adored by more than one.
A December with no Santa? How dare you have the gall?!
It is the only time when the cold and the snow become more important than the sun!


No matter how low the budget
How miserable the memories,
Push all aside and rejoice in joint festiveness with Mr Gadget
Whilst we celebrate not necessarily the bible version – but the home made one
Full of pie and rosy cheeks with laughter being a main part of the entire sum!