[Martin Parker]

Christmas is coming,
Politicians getting fat,
Bankers full of Bolly
And the shops are full of tat.

The Nursery School’s Nativity
Is fawningly P C,
Mary’s in a burka
And Joseph is a she.

The Church is full of carollers
In different keys -- and flat,
While muggers steal the pennies
From the old man’s hat.

And underneath the feeble glow
Of eco-Christmas-lights
Some plan its abolition
In the name of Human Rights.

[Roger Slater]

Call it Christmas, call it Yule.
In picking the perfect moniker,
there's just a single, simple rule:
Please don't call it Hannukah.

[Marion Shore]

Remember that the "C-word"
is something we should shun;
and don't forget the "New Year"
isn't new to everyone.

And so in every card I write
(I think it rather clever):
a very merry you-know-what,
and a good whatever.