Tinsel Time

Noticed the other day how we country folk 

see this Christmas ‘thingy’ a bit differently; 

out here seasonal decorating tends to be 

less of gaudy displays with an unstressed 

feature-permanence in concrete figurines 

of santa claus, mushrooms and reindeer - 

the flashing lights & tinsel might be there 

tho’ discrete and graciously understated 

Isn’t to say there aren’t those few who we 

think of as tragics failing to preserve rural 

tradition in practical and non-ostentatious 

festooning a farm ute, but there it was, an 

eyesore dressed in glitter, tinsel & flashy 

lights driving on the main road, by gad - 

Head-shaking only made it seem worse - 

so we hooted with laughter instead 

© 17 December 2014, I. D. Carswell