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(To the tune of Fairytale of New York, my favourite Christmas song)
It was Christmas Eve (help)
For the parents
The children said to us,
Can we have more chocolate now?
If we do not allow
Then they’ll have a cry
Til we give in to them
And kiss discipline goodbye
We need a lucky night
The kids to go to sleep
We’ve got a feeling
It might not last for long
We’ll quickly wrap the gifts
And fill the stockings up
Hope they stay in bed
How could this go wrong?
They got Lego galore
Princess dresses in gold
But they just like the
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boxes
In which they were sold
When they first went to bed
On a cold Christmas Eve
We promised them
Presents were waiting for them
They were excited
They were giddy
They got a little bit lippy
When we finished their stories
They called out for more
One started bouncing
The other was singing
They must go to sleep
They can’t dance through the night
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
We’ve got sprouts
We’ve got stuffing
And potatoes for roasting
Lying there
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on that tray
Dinner’s in disarray
We’ve got pudding
And crackers
Where are the nutcrackers?
Merry Christmas from Mummy
Dinner may not be yummy
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
We could have organised
We shouldn’t be surprised
There’ll be no dreams for us
Won’t get to bed tonight
We underestimated
all we had to do
Do kids need breakfast too??
We built our plans around chocolate
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are
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ringing
Out for Christmas Day
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Silly Mummy - 11 Dec 15
(To the tune of Fairytale of New York, my favourite Christmas song)
It was Christmas Eve (help)
For the parents
The children said to us,
Can we have more chocolate now?
If we do not allow
Then they’ll have a cry
Til we give in to them
And kiss discipline goodbye
We need a lucky night
The kids to go to sleep
We’ve got a feeling
It might not last for long
We’ll quickly wrap the gifts
And fill the stockings up
Hope they stay in bed
How could this go wrong?
They got Lego galore
Princess dresses in gold
But they just like the boxes
In which they were sold
When they first went to bed
On a cold Christmas Eve
We promised them
Presents were waiting for them
They were excited
They were giddy
They got a little bit lippy
When we finished their stories
They called out for more
One started bouncing
The other was singing
They must go to sleep
They can’t dance through the night
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
We’ve got sprouts
We’ve got stuffing
And potatoes for roasting
Lying there on that tray
Dinner’s in disarray
We’ve got pudding
And crackers
Where are the nutcrackers?
Merry Christmas from Mummy
Dinner may not be yummy
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
We could have organised
We shouldn’t be surprised
There’ll be no dreams for us
Won’t get to bed tonight
We underestimated
all we had to do
Do kids need breakfast too??
We built our plans around chocolate
Father Christmas in his sleigh
Is travelling on his way
And the bells are ringing
Out for Christmas Day
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I am a stay at home mum to two young girls (born spring 2013 and summer 2014). I blog as Silly Mummy, over at R is for Hoppit. I mostly tell humorous (I like to think) tales of things my daughters’ have said and done. Being completely honest, I am largely coasting on the comedy genius of my toddler, here. Hey, what is she going to do about it? I am the boss - I control the raisins. I also write random humorous posts, and occasional serious posts on parenting issues, just to mix it up a bit.
You can follow my utter failure to understand Twitter @sillymummy88, and my incompetence at managing a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/risforhoppit/
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