Mark A. Mandel, © 1998
To the tune of "Deck the Halls"
In the supermarket aisles, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Plastic elves wear plastic smiles, fa-la-la... [you know how it goes] Music welling from on high fa... Urges us to buy and buy, fa... See the litt-le Christmas tree Open eyes and sing at me! I should greet it with a shrug, But I want to pull its plug. How the brand names brightly call (From) ornaments promotional. Hang an angel on your tree Plugging Chicken-of-the-Sea. Homeward grumpily I sulk. Next year I will buy in bulk, And my house I will not leave (From) Hallowe'en to New Year's Eve!
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