Walking in snow and ice can be treacherous, even for people with good eyes. Needless to say, I don’t do much walking in winter, now that I’m older and more fearful of breaking bones. Since I enjoy walking, I’ve often wished our winters could be without snow and ice.
A couple of months ago while strolling on a beautiful fall day, I was thinking about this and came up with a little ditty to a familiar holiday tune which you can hear Bing Crosby sing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAosOoKFMs . I’ll paste the lyrics below and then a link to where you can hear me sing it with piano accompaniment.
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BROWN CHRISTMAS
I’m dreaming of a brown Christmas
so I don’t have to slip and slide.
Then I will be walking and won’t be talking
to folks, asking for a ride.
I’m dreaming of a brown Christmas
where snow and ice I will not fight.
Then I will be merry and bright.
In my heart, my Christmas will be white.
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I must admit, though, that Christmas isn’t the same without snow. Where will you be this year? Do you think your Christmas will be brown or white?
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Once I had a white Christmas in Roswell Georgia where my sister lives, but this year I expect it to be brown with rain. The weather is warm and rain is expected every day through Dec. 25. I have not seen many white Christmases in my life being from the deep south, but I do enjoy snow when it melts away after a couple of days. Stay inside, Abbie and drink hot chocolate and write poems. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new year. Thanks for supporting my blog.
Thank you, Glenda, I appreciate your support of my blog as well and hope you also have a merry Christmas.