Christmas magic is in all the twinkly stars
A city transformed
I love the buzz and the excitement as soon as you
enter town, seeing Jenners Christmas tree
and all its lights
He’s right. It’s magical
Walking up Victoria Street from the Grassmarket
The Christmas lights are so beautiful up there
And all the displays in the shop windows
it just reminds me of a picture book from childhood
The Christmas tree on the Mound, which I believe
comes from the King of Norway
And well, in Edinburgh a big part is the Christmas market
and you have to understand it’s about
Getting wrapped up and walking through winter wonderland
The carousel in the Christmas market
It’s absolutely magical, I love it, it’s my happy place
And well you know sometimes at Christmas people disagree
The ‘German’ Christmas market
Far too many people in the town for it
The rampant consumerism that’s not great
Obviously the planet needs a bit less of that right now
So there’s an awful lot of needless tat
that’s sold at Christmas
Yeah he’s right about that…
Christmas magic!
It’s about being able to eat and to drink at
any time, tip over the line and have copious
amounts of festive mulled wine
Crap Christmas cracker toys and the smell of turkey
Getting the beige buffet out from all good retailers
And erm… Prosecco
And here’s to all the retail, bar and waiting staff making
sure we’re topped up. A moment's gratitude and pause
Oh and we can’t forget the magic of
Santa Claus!
Presents! Santa, Santa
Ho ho ho
And here’s hoping for some snow, snow, snow
An excuse to stay in your PJs and watch
all day Christmas movies. Ludo likes Christmas movies too
The pal who takes you out for a walk with his ridiculously
cute dog and you laugh along to
Incessant Christmas songs
Although I could probably listen to ‘River’ by Joni Mitchell
all day long
And it’s Spiderman…. reminiscing over a nice Scottish whisky
I put the mask on and Santa had a cut a big hole
in the mask because he thought I was going to suffocate
It’s caring
It’s…
Well it’s…
Getting to spend time with family and friends
especially if you don’t see them that often
It’s a lovely time of year to be happy and cheery
and have nice food and drink and be merry
and also its a sad time because the people we love
we have now lost them and we think about them
as well at Christmas
I feel the loss of my mum more at Christmas time
I think it’s natural
It’s that actual truth isn’t it. And the pal brave enough to
share it, it sets you free
You don’t have to hide, you can just be
It’s the friend who forces you out for a drink
knows it’s best you’re not left home alone just to think
It’s the link
It’s the stranger bringing a hot cup of tea
You know what… that can be pure heavenly
It’s…
The neighbour just checking in on when you’re putting
out your wheely bin
It’s the guy untangling fairy lights
And all the NHS heroes working nights
It’s the sister who says that you are beautiful inside
and out, for her there’s no doubt
And when you’re lost and Christmas clouds your view
It’s the pal who makes it better with a short
warm and simple… ‘Oh yeah, me too’
It’s pals who say yes and then you get to make this
It’s hydrogen, it’s helium
It’s one human being reaching out to another to help bring
about some more happy feelings
It’s you
You are made from the same stuff as the stars
You light the way in the dark. You are the magic
and don’t you forget it
Merry Christmas