season of goodwill exchanging of gifts beneath artificial tree
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II.
time for family trinkets spill from cheap crackers exhausted punchlines
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III.
time for tradition same old movies for children naff celeb specials
Written: December 2023. Explanation: A set of three haikus relating to the Christmas period - not meant to be taken seriously, and a deviation from my normal style of work. This follows a similar set of (fairly samey) haikus written over the past few years - Yuletide Trilogy (2012), Stocking Fillers (2013), Christmas Triptych (2014), Festive Trio (2015), Pulling Crackers (2016), Joyeux Noël (2017), Feliz Navidad (2018), Buon Natale (2019), God Jul (2020), Nollaig Shona (2021) and Nadolig Llawen (2022). All feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.