The Christmas Countdown

Can you please send me your list?

I need to know what you want.

Don't leave it up to me to decide

Or you might not like what's inside

The boxes underneath the tree

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I've four weeks to go

And still no list from you

You might get coal

Or something weird

Don't keep me waiting, or else.

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Three weeks until the 25th

Now I have a partial list

Packages are arriving on my doorstep

I forgot what I have bought

Now I need a different list

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Two weeks until we open gifts

I over-bought for you

But I still need a thousand gifts

Maybe, I can give this to him

And that to her

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One week until the chaos ends

Now to baking cookies

And then off to wrapping

The pile that has grown

In the corner of the room

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Oh! No! I forgot to send the cards!

Maybe we can skip that this year!

I grab a cookie

And settle in to finish wrapping

The stocking stuffers

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The gifts are in place

The stockings stuffed

The cookies made

I'm exhausted

But still standing

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Christmas morning

We gather round

Paper and packages

As the gifts are opened

And scattered around

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Finally, we sit

The house quiets down

The fire is roaring

The hot cocoa cooling

We enjoy the moment

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Another year around the sun!