<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419198" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christmas Again</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Christmas comes but once a year, <br>But when it does we parents fear; <br>The kids have got it sussed you see, <br>It's time to fleece both you and me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The whole year round they plot and scheme, <br>They make their plans, they dream their dreams; <br>The list of goodies they'll receive<br>Is getting harder to believe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No matter how we put them off<br>They only sneer and laugh and scoff; <br>'I want the best, and I deserve<br>To get it! ' boy they've got a nerve.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was young, and one of four, <br>One present thrilled me to the core; <br>I got my other bits and such, <br>But now the kids they get too much.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They want it all, and on a plate, <br>I reckon now it's just too late; <br>We'll have to do as we are told<br>By children who are far too bold.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our kids will win and we will lose, <br>'Cause they know every single ruse; <br>Our wallets and our purses, they<br>Are vacuous come Christmas day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written Dec 1994</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419198" data-title="Christmas Again de John Carter Brown" data-description="Christmas comes but once a year, But when it does we parents fear; The kids have got it sussed you see, It's time to fleece both you and me. The whole year round they plot and scheme, They make their plans, they dream their dreams; The list ..."></div> </div> </div>

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