Julian Price

Christmas Poetry and Songs – Seasonal Cliché and Rhyme, Jingle Bells Poems and Party Ideas



Posted: Friday, December 18, 2009

by Julian Price
http://www.uk-freelance-content-writer.co.uk/

If you listen to the many songs that saturate the radio airwaves and the music TV channels at this time of year, you are likely to find it very difficult to hear something that isn't stuffed like an overdone turkey, full of Christmas cliche. In fact, is it even possible to write a poem or a song directly about Christmas without stumbling into a snow drift full of reindeer, jingling bells, mangers and mistletoe?

I thought I would take the challenge and attempt a poem or set of lyrics about Christmas that contains no Christmas or seasonal cliche at all. First of all I need a list of words and phrases that I should definitely exclude.

Jingle Bells must be absent I am afraid to say
So no jingling of any kind, throw those bells away.
Santa Claus needs to hide or completely disappear
So off with his sleigh and those pesky reindeer!

Manger spells danger for a poem like this
Mistletoe is banned and so is that kiss
Snowmen and women should run for the hills
They must look somewhere else for their winter thrills

Little rhymes with ivy, spelling doom for the holly
Along with the laughter and anything jolly
Christmas trees are out, though I know they'll repine
To the trash with the turkey and down the sink with the wine.

The list of festive phrases is really too long
And Christmas without them would just feel all wrong
So bring on the presents and December cheer
Cliches are forgiven at this time of year!

J Price (18.12.09)

So, having considered my options, I am not even going to attempt a Christmas poem without all its cliched dressing. It's actually pretty tough! Why not give it a try yourself and find out? Perhaps you could use it as a fun challenge at a family Christmas party over the coming weeks.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
Julian has diplomas in freelance journalism (with distinction), copywriting and proofreading. He is also a creative writer and poet who writes both professionally and for pleasure. Julian has written articles for an internet marketing company and although this medium is often restricted by topic, his writing still maintains a unique and often humourous style, with many of his articles achieving good results on search engines. He has found the discipline involved with this kind of work to be a great writing exercise and believes it enhances and improves other areas of his writing. Julian is becoming an established freelance writer and many of his articles here at searchwarp are a showcase of the variety and quality of his work.

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» left by David Pekrul
2 years 142 days ago.
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It looks like your poem turned against you and you have all the cliches in place :-) That's okay, I like the poem. Long live Christmas cliches!
» left by Julian Price 2 years 140 days ago.
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Thanks David! Yes, the poem was very rebellious, it was almost like the cliches were in full control! Glad you liked it and thanks again. Julian
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