Snow Melt

Midweek Reflections on Writing Christmas Poems

It's December 4, 2013 and already I've written five Christmas poems, which are "The Christmas Truce of 1914" , "Santa Stalker" , "A Commercialized Christmas" , "Christmas 2013" , and "Crusty the Zombie" . Two of those poems are parodies of Christmas Songs. "Santa Stalker"  is a parody of Santa Baby while "Crusty the Zombie"  parodies Frosty the Snowman. The only one of those five poems that comes close to being a traditional Christmas poem is "The Christmas Truce of 1914" . I would like to write about 25 or 30 Christmas poems this year and I doubt that any of them come close to being a traditional Christmas poem. I'm just not in the mood to write the tradition Christmas poem (it there is such a thing). This year one of my favorite Christmas sons is Grandma Got Run Over by a Reinder.

I'll admit that if you listen to it long enough it becomes a bit irritating because you can't get the song out of your head, but this effect usually doesn't last beyond December 31. Another song I like (in the original version) is I Ain't Gettin' Nutin' for Christmas.

Now that I come to think about it, the only time I enjoyed traditional Christmas music or poetry was when I listened to it with my Grandparents. This may explain why I enjoy writing parodies of Christmas songs and listening to nontraditional Christmas songs.