Deck the Halls

The Disgruntled Mother's Version

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

Deck the halls with bouts of folly
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'Tis when children are so naughty
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Too much candy starts a quarrel
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Mother's sanity in peril
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See tempers ablaze before us
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"He got more than me," they chorus
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Grimace as they count and measure
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Presents are their only treasure
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Fast away the season passes
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They'll grow up to lads and lasses
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Not forever, be together
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And the aged don't remember
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When the halls were decked with folly
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And the season wasn't jolly
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Speak they now this one great moral
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"Enjoy it while it lasts," they carol.
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