{"id":1148,"date":"2018-12-19T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2018-12-19T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:35:23","slug":"christmas-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi my good friends.<\/strong><\/em> Happy holidays to you all.<\/em> Yes, yes\u2026 I know it\u2019s been a long while since I wrote last. I offer no excuses but ask merely that you forgive.
\nAs you\u2019ve probably noticed\u2026 it\u2019s Christmas time. If you\u2019ve been loyal reader of my holiday offerings, you are no doubt aware of the wide range of sentiments found within the lines of my Christmas poems. They\u2019re sweet and sour, usually up, down and all around. <\/p>\n

With this in mind, here is a mishmash of four of this year\u2019s holiday scrawls.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stash<\/strong> <\/em> ???<\/p>\n

Letters to Santa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letters had been written,
\nEach laced with childhood\u2019s truth.
\nThe kids had been good all year\u2026
\nThey deserved their Christmas loot.<\/p>\n

But a dark cloud of worry arose\u2026<\/p>\n

What if Santa doubted their notes?
\nHow to help St. Nick decide?
\nThe answer was quite simple\u2026
\nThey\u2019d offer Claus a bribe.<\/p>\n

Best to cover all bases\u2026<\/p>\n

Sylvia left a glass of milk.
\nOwen put cookies on a tray.
\nSanta would be coming tonight\u2026
\nAll had to be right today.<\/p>\n

Now it was off to bed for the kiddies.<\/p>\n

Next morning early, the children awoke.
\nSylvia and Owen bounced down the stairs.
\nThe room filled with squeals of delight\u2026
\nAll they had wished for was there.<\/p>\n

Childhood is a time when dreams can come true\u2026
\nWe hope that Santa will be good to you too.<\/p>\n

Alexis and Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n

* * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Santa,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve tried to be very good this year
\nBut it\u2019s possible that I\u2019ve failed, I fear.
\nAll I\u2019ve done was with good intentions\u2026
\nWithout bad motives or false pretensions.<\/p>\n

But all I tried has come back to haunt me.
\nI did so much but yet they taunt me.
\nWhere exactly did I go wrong?
\nMaybe folks need a happier song.<\/p>\n

Help me, my friend\u2026 my North Pole resident,
\nVery truly yours,, a weary White House President,<\/p>\n

Donny<\/strong><\/p>\n

* * * * * * * * * * * <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bah!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you been out and about lately?
\nHave you gone to your favorite store?
\nThere is no Christmas out there\u2026
\nIt seems holidays are an odious chore.<\/p>\n

People\u2019s faces look so miserable.
\nLike they\u2019re at a loved one\u2019s wake.
\nAnd they behave so very uncivil\u2026
\nWhat\u2019s their problem, for goodness sake?<\/p>\n

No smile, no warmth, no simple kindness.
\nWhat I\u2019d give for an \u201cexcuse me\u201d or \u201cthank you\u201d.
\nWhy so rude and discourteous?
\nWhy that gesture that means, \u201cGo screw!\u201d?<\/p>\n

Carols play and decorations are everywhere.
\nWreaths, mistletoe and tinseled trees.
\nSadly, they\u2019re only half hearted efforts,
\nLacking in a true spirit of Humanity.<\/p>\n

Oh well\u2026. maybe I was just having a bad day\u2026
\nMerry Christmas to you all\u2026. anyway.<\/p>\n

Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n

* * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magic of the Eve<\/strong><\/p>\n

It snowed yesterday
\nBut tonight the sky was clear.
\nOwen was super excited
\nBecause he knew that Santa was near.<\/p>\n

Sylvia slept blissfully in her crib.
\nWarm and safe, without any fear.
\nSoon would be the arrival of
\nA man, a sleigh and its deer.<\/p>\n

Children wrapped in a family\u2019s love\u2026
\nUnited by a bond no one could part.
\nSharing in their innocent ways
\nA common happiness of the heart..<\/p>\n

Christmas… a magical time for children\u2026
\nThe electric excitement of Xmas eve.
\nBut we all can share in that feeling\u2026
\nWe have but to merely believe.<\/p>\n

Stash<\/strong> \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Well, that’s it for now, my friends. Stay well, have a happy holiday and a healthy, prosperous new year. <\/p>\n

Your buddy, your pal, Stash<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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