The vegans eat their vegetables,
The carnivores their meat.
The gluten-haters stay away
From foods containing wheat.
The carbohydrate shunners
Won’t eat pasta, cake or bread
But can eat a pound of bacon,
Not the healthiest, instead.
Organic fruits and veggies,
Plus organic milk and cheese
Are believed to lengthen life, although
There are no guarantees.
There are those who don’t eat dairy;
There are those who don’t eat pork.
There are some who just use chopsticks
And reject the knife and fork.
There are decaf coffee drinkers;
Others guzzle their caffeine.
Everybody has a preference
When it comes to their cuisine.
So I’ll eat the foods I relish
And you eat the foods you choose
Since we both have the option, when offered
One another's repast, to refuse.
IN EACH RENDITION
THE STORY IN EVERY
CONDITION
IS A STORY OF LOVE
BORN IN A MANGER
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
BOUGHT NOBEL MEN
TO BETHLEHAM
THE GIFTS THAT THEY
WOULD BARE
AND IN A WORLD
WHERE FEW CARE
THE STORY OF JESUS
HUMBLES MEN TO
THEIR KNEES
A WORLD THAT
NEEDS TO BELEIVE
A WORLD THAT
TO BELEIVE
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EGGNOG AND KISSES
ME AND THE MISSUS
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS EVE
THE CELBRATION OF CHRISTMAS
SHE SPENT ALL OF THE DAY
COOKED ALL THRU THE NIGHT
PUTTIN UP THE SHUNNERS
MAKING EVERYTHING RIGHT
ME, MY LOVER
AND CHRISTMA
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