There’s no snow this Christmas
A frost will have to do
But anyway it’s warm inside
For just me and you;
No longer are we woken
By kids at 5 o’clock
But later Alexa played us
Jingle Bell Rock.
Christmases came and went
When we would always be
Opening our presents in
The heart of family;
But children become grown-ups
And from the nest they flee
Though our kids are still our children
But it’s now just you and me.
We’d sit around the table
And eat round half past four
Often full to bursting
But making room for more;
No-one wanted turkey
Least of all the kids
They wanted chicken nuggets
So that was what we did.
You’d have a glass of wine or two
I’m kidding – it was more;
We’d play some silly party games
I’d cheat (I kept the score!);
The kids would go on all night long
If it wasn’t time for bed
But really it was you and me
Dog-tired and over-fed.
