“THANK YOU”
(With apologies to Rudyard Kipling.) When every last list has been cancelled, And each present is ribboned and tagged; When tbe very last shop-girl has fainted, And the toughest expressman is fagged; You will rest! What a silly suggestion! Lie down for an eon or two! Nay, nay, ’tis the Christmas “Thank you” That will put you to work anew. For those who had gifts must be grateful; Sit down in your straight-backed chair And labour o’er suitable gushes Till you babble and tear your hair. Send thanks for the what-d’ye-call-’enis Of which you can’t figure the use, And eke for the thing-um-a-bobbies That haven’t e’en friendship’s excuse. And the word “attractive” will help you; And ’twill*often give you a lift To write of “your thoughtful present” And “your daintyj Christmas gilt.” Then add, “ ’Tis just what I wanted! ” For off to a separate star Would be banished such truthful persons As spoke of gifts as they are. —Winifred Arnold.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)
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162“THANK YOU” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)
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