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    Jimmy-T
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      Christmas is a time of indulgence and in my case, self-indulgence.  A few years ago I started writing satirical dispatches from a fictional strata scheme called Dardanelle Towers.  Real issues in real buildngs quickly took up more and more of my time but the stories remain and you can find them HERE.

      Meanwhile, indulge me while I blow the cobwebs off the dust-covered bauble that was my Dardanelle Towers Christmas poem of a few years ago.

       

      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers
      The committee debated for hours and hours
      Until they issued this decree
      This year there’ll be no Christmas tree
      A twinkling fir in our foyer
      Is definitely not Okay
      According to those that be the powers
      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers

      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers
      We thought because the building’s ours
      We could stick up anything we liked
      But the Christmas tree idea was spiked
      Apparently it’s not PC
      To have a fairy on a tree
      Lady Luckby had to have her say
      She said a fairy’d look quite … gay
      But there’ll be no tree or festive flowers
      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers

      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers
      Another victory for the wowsers
      The chair said we need sensitivity
      When it comes to the nativity
      Lady Luckby, with Elena fixed in her vision
      Said Muslims should try to respect our traditions
      Elena, Lebanese, said “I’m Christian too”
      “Muslims can be Christians?” says Lady L. “Who knew?”
      But it was red tape not religion that turned so sour
      As to cancel Christmas at Dardanelle Towers

      They’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers
      Mr Wilson said tree lights were a drain on the power
      Then there’s the danger from small girls and boys
      Tripping on tinsel as they fight over toys
      You can’t break by-laws with impunity
      He cites fire risk, access,  mess and sanity.
      A by-law on sanity? That gives me pause
      Everyone knows there’s no sanity clause.
      But that’s why a PC, tree-free Noel is ours
      Cos they’ve cancelled Christmas at Dardanelle Towers

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