CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

A. is for Animals who shared the stable.
B. is for the Babe with their manger for stalls.
C is for the Carols so blithe and so gay.
D for December, the twenty fifth day.
E for the Eve when we're all so excited.
F for the Fun when the tree's at last lighted.
G is the Goose which you all know is fat.
H for the Holly you stick in your hat.
I for the Ivy that clings to the wall.
J is for Jesus, the cause of it all.
K for the Kingdom, begot by the feast.
L is the Light shining way in the east.
M for the Mistletoe, all green and white.
N for the Noels we sing Christmas night.
O for the Oxen, the first to adore him.
P for the Presents Wise Men laid before him.
Q for the Queerness that this should have been
Near two thousand years before you were seen.
R for the Reindeer leaping the roofs.
S for the Stocking that Santa Claus stuffs.
T for the Toys, the Tinsel, the Three.
U is for Us, the whole family.
V is for Visitors brings us cheer.
W is for Welcome to the Happy New Year.
X Y Z bother me! All I can say,
Is this is the end of my Christmas lay.
So now to you all, wherever you be
A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND
MANY MAY YOU SEE!