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Twas the week before Christmas 🎄

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MawtheMerrier Sat 17-Dec-22 11:42:27

Twas the week before Christmas
And throughout the land
Grans had started their shopping
With help from broadband
The toys come from Argos, the clothes from JL
Cos shopping in person
Is the Ninth circle of Hell
There's a jumper for DH, for SIL,some gin
But where should they leave it
If I am not in?
I sit up with Amazon ordering books
For cyclists and sports fans
And children and cooks.
My cash card is tingling, the urge is still there
Without M&S or Ocado
I haven't a prayer.
In the shops like those jingle bells
The cash tills will ring
But here by the fire I am spared all that thing
Of jostling and crowds and nowhere to park
Then driving back home in the cold and the dark.
I can sit down with Strictly
And watch the World Cup
Eat mince pies, drink Baileys
Until time is up
I love Christmas shopping, the spirit is here
And as I'm not driving, don't stint with the cheer winewine
But where would I be - I would weep I would frown
If my nightmare should happen
My wi-if was down? ???

Blossoming Sat 17-Dec-22 11:44:19

Very good Maw, thanks for cheering me up.

Marilla Sat 17-Dec-22 11:46:39

Brilliant…..love the line, ‘the ninth circle of hell’. 😆

MawtheMerrier Sat 17-Dec-22 11:55:50

Marilla

Brilliant…..love the line, ‘the ninth circle of hell’. 😆

You obviously know the Trafford Centre/ Meadowhall/ Bluewater et al grin

Marilla Sat 17-Dec-22 12:01:10

Marks and Spencer food hall in a certain Suffolk market town is ‘ninth circle of hell’ every day! 🙈

Kate1949 Sat 17-Dec-22 12:02:05

Very clever 👏

MrsKen33 Sat 17-Dec-22 12:23:56

Thank Maw excellent, and so true

FannyCornforth Sat 17-Dec-22 12:28:48

Fabulous! 👏

Yammy Sat 17-Dec-22 12:32:58

Excellent Maw.
The ninth circle of hell in our house is getting rid of all the packaging every order comes in. One small green bag once a fortnight for cardboard, 12-mile round trip for unrecyclable plastic. With roads like a skating rink at the moment, no gritters in sight.

Aveline Sat 17-Dec-22 12:39:42

Excellent! Surely the Grans poet laureate.

Oreo Sat 17-Dec-22 13:48:04

🤣
Is that you Pam?

Mollygo Sat 17-Dec-22 13:49:53

Thanks MTM!👏👏🤣

Norah Sat 17-Dec-22 13:57:06

Marilla

Marks and Spencer food hall in a certain Suffolk market town is ‘ninth circle of hell’ every day! 🙈

Indeed!

Hetty58 Sat 17-Dec-22 13:57:51

I remember well - the 'olden days' torture of that Christmas queue at the supermarket - going right back through the shop - the crying babies and whining kids - and wondering if I had enough cash to pay for it all. Good riddance to it!

GrannyZoom Sat 17-Dec-22 14:08:27

Brilliant Maw.
My sentimets exactly.

grNadpa Sat 17-Dec-22 14:42:55

Thank you. Put a smile on my face

GrannySomerset Sat 17-Dec-22 15:23:47

Another brilliant Maw take on the rigours of the festive season. Definitely A*.

25Avalon Sat 17-Dec-22 15:26:34

👏👏👏 so true. Apart from Strictly.