Christmas Day 2011 Poem by Francis Duggan

The weather is warm though thunder rain overnight
And in the morning of Christmas warmth in the sunlight
It is looking like a warm and humid Christmas Day
Though the weather forecast has more thunder rain on the way
A place of celebration where friends and families do meet
Picnic tables are being set up in the park by the street
Eskies full of beer, chops and snags to barbecue
To their Christmas tradition Aussies remain true
In Australia at Christmas for many no shortage of meat
Or of alcohol to drink or of any sort of food for to eat
It is the land of plenty as some are known to say
Not only at Christmas but on every day
But in the land of plenty the have nots are not few
You may say to that tell us something that is new.