To the tune of God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen:
God rest ye merry gentlemen…
There’ll be no rest for me!
I’ve got to cook and clean and wrap
And then put up the tree…
For Christmas cheer won’t make itself
That I can guarantee…
Oh, oh, we’ll bake the ‘comfort and joy’,
Wrap up a toy,
And that ruddy Christmas song will soon annoy…
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“A woman’s work is never done”
And Christmas time is worst!
You never get a chance to breathe
For putting others first;
You cook and roast and decorate…
They eat until they burst!
Oh, all diets one Christmas will destroy,
Can you enjoy
Knowing e-e-lastic waistbands are a ploy..?
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God rest ye merry gentlemen…
You ate the ruddy lot!
You stripped the turkey, ate the cheese,
And cleaned out every pot!
You drank the wine and fell asleep
After that second ‘shot’…
Oh, oh, tidying up is not a joy
Never a joy…
And sometimes I wish that I had been a boy.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Another great one!!!!
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Thanks, Ritu! Hope you are feeling okay 😉
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Still bunged up Sue. As is the rest of the family 🤧
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My nose wishes I was 😉
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How about you?
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Not felt this rough for a long time 😦
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I hear you Sue 🤧😜
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Fantastic, and so darn true , we do it year, we either love it or we are mad💜💜
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I’d say the latter 😉
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Yes we are mad as hatters 😂
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Nothing wrong with that 😀
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Nothing at all 💜
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Nice take on a classic. When I taught Sunday school, I did a couple of these for Christmas carols. Wish i could remember them
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I may have done a carol or two too )
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Very good, Sue. Boy, do I know this feeling.
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I doubt if we are alone in that, Robbie 😉
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Love it Sue, especailly the falling asleep after stuffing oneself leaving youto get on with it..
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Thankfully, I’m only cooking for me, Nick and the dog Christmas day 🙂
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It’s just the three of us too. A nice leisurely morning and a simple lunch with all the trimmings but chicken unless I can get some sensibly priced turkey as there’s no way we could eat a whole bird, even if I froze the leftovers as my freezer simply isn’t big enough.
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There will be nothing leisurely about my day… granndchildren before breakfast then on to work, collect Nick after ‘doing’ for him, then back to cook. I’ll find a turkey crown… we can manage that between us, though I do miss the thighs for sandwiches 😉
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and curries. We’ll just plod, thugh we’ll be having our meal around 1pm as any later mucks up the reflux.
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😀
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Awesome!
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Thanks, Kevin 🙂
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You are more than welcome!
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Excellent and one we can all relate too. xo
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Most of us, I imagine 😉
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I love this!!
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Recognise it, Jennie? 😉
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I do! 😀
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😀
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I have to say that these are pretty funny and clever, Sue, but I feel bad about singing songs about your misery. I hope you’re feeling better. Put those boys to work too! 🙂
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One puts me to work regardless, the other has two smalldaughters to keep him busy! 🙂
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A few more years and you may have two small helpers. 🙂
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That will be good 🙂
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LOVE IT! 🙂 Must share… xo
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Thanks, Bette… these were fun to write 🙂 x
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I can well imagine… Happy Holidays, Sue! ❤ xo
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Happy Christmas, Bette ❤
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clever, clever! And it’s true – Christmas is just a lot of work for women!
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Possibly not ‘just’ the women, though 😉
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Hehe, I think we should start new traditions, like letting the guys do the tidying up for starters? 😉
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I have to say, in all fairness, that when he is around, mine always does. 🙂
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Good lad! 🙂
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Sometimes I am very well cared for 🙂
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❤
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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For the first time in a very long while, I will not be cooking Christmas dinner this year. As ‘oldies’ we have been invited to share our grand daughter’s table this year. My emotions are swinging from relief to indignation and back again. This Christmas day is going to be completely out of my control and not entirely sure what I think about that…
As long as I don’t get saddled with the washing up!
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It does felstrange, doesn’t it, when someone else takes charge. When they had all left home, I found myself at a loss and with beans on toast for dinner as no-one was coming. That was an odd,but very peaceful Christmas.
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It does feel odd, and I am getting very nervous but hopefully, everything will be all right! Christmas is sacred in our family and I would hate for anything to spoil it!
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Just sit back and enjoy, x
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Thanks for sharing , that is so cool and so true.
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Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Great wit and humour
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Thanks, Paul 😀
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🙂 – sang along just fine – sounds GOOD!
found on Marilyn’s blog – thank you.
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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