The Excuse of Christmas
The Magi spent quite a while Following a star day and night They stopped only at the Light that shone under the guiding star so bright They found their perfectly allowable excuse for Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge thought he had too much too lose Even on his poor Bob Crachit, he had to enforce his blues But when the Ghost of Christmas Present took him to Bob's window glass He underwent an extreme change from his cringing ways to depart In a yummy turkey for Bob and more, he found his excuse, most importantly, in a change of heart It's the Christmas Rush in the corner fancy shop And a happy shopper was walking in, in a happy Christmas bop Some fancies shine too much, some just right All in all, for the owner it's another busy night It seems they found their excuse for Christmas in colour and the shining lights The dinner for the poor was very much in order The poor man digging in was free from quite a spot of hunger bother He looked up at the kind smiling faces who were gracious