SANTA CLAUS IN PRESTON

SANTA CLAUS IN PRESTON

SANTA CLAUS IN PRESTON

It's December the twenty fourth

And the sky is closing down

The daylight hours disappear

And Santa is coming to town

But don't you often stop and think

Where Santa pulls up for a brew

For Father Christmas needs a break

Just like you, me and we do

So all those reindeer and his sleigh

Have to hide where no one sees them

What better place to hide your cart

Than on top of the Harris Museum

This fine Greek architecture

Is the pride of the market square

Imagine what Mr Claus can see

While he's parked on the top of there

I can picture him having a ponder

At the festive twinkling lights

And scanning the smokeless chimney pots

On this Christmas evening night

A look to his left and he would see

A fine building that was built to lasta

The Miller arcade Italian style

Mama Mia was built in the pasta

After a glimpse of Crystal house

Which I admit does nothing for me

A turn of his head to the right of his sledge

An array of fine buildings he'd see

At first the old post office catches his eye

For a century it dealt with the mail

And Preston's Old Bailey, the sessions house

Has sent many unfortunate folks in to jail

One look at the glorious Cenotaph

Every year will make old Santa sad

All those brave young fighting men

Lost the chance of being a dad

But it's time for Santa to be on his way

There's still a big job to be done

Sat at the back of his beautiful sledge

There's a big fat bag full of fun

Stamping his feet to shake off the cold

He screws the top back on his flask

His watch says almost Christmas time

He must get on with his task

For all the elves at Santa's pad

Packed his sack with chunks of joy

Each present has a Christmas tag

For the Preston girls and boys

And don't forget to spare a thought

When you wake on Christmas morn

As this was all made possible

On the day that Christ was born

And when Santa is back in Lapland

Sat drinking a well deserved beer

Join in with him and down a glass

To a prosperous and peaceful New Year

Jake Jackson

The Preston Poet

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