Eighteen Flying Geese

 

Mother Christmas

 

"Where art thou, Mother Christmas?

I only wish I knew

Why Father should get all the praise

And no one mentions you.

 

I'll bet you buy the presents

And wrap them large and small

While all the time that rotten swine

Pretends he's done it all.

 

So, Hail to Mother Christmas

Who shoulders all the work!

And down with Father Christmas,

That unmitigated jerk!"

-          Roald Dahl 1988