The Chingford Christmas Crusade
There’s a girl on a tinsel-clad donkey
Leading the Christmas Crusade
She sits on a Santa Claus blanket
The donkey looks mighty dismayed
Behind, a man rides a camel
Which really ain’t pleased to be here
Three more dressed like comedy Arabs
They seem full of seasonal cheer
A woman in a tinsel halo
Is she Gabriel in her white sheet?
One of the comedy Arabs
Has posh running shoes on his feet
Another carries a speaker
Through which no music is played
The true meaning is holding up traffic
It’s the Chingford Christmas Parade
Reggie's Ghost
Sat 16th Dec 2023 17:23
Good one Steve. These sort of pageants are going on all over the country, often with scant reference to the biblical version. Children's nativity plays for example these days feature dinosaurs and characters from Harry Potter. Goodness knows what pious followers of other religions think of us!