As a child every holiday was a surprise

When I was a child, every holiday was a surprise
teachers had us designing jack-o-lanterns and cutting out ghosts
this is how I had an inkling Halloween was afoot

It seemed like we were tracing our fingers to make turkeys the next week
Christmas was thrown at us by the music teacher.
We did not have an art teacher back in the day
our teacher was our art teacher

There was no winter program
there was a Christmas program
No one had ever heard the term politically correct

As an adult I can finally predict when the holidays are arriving
They come fast and furiously every year, like tornadoes and windstorms
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