DECEMBER 10, 1971
Santa Claus
A is for the agony when you have to pay.
N is for the night before, with paper, tape, and strings;
T is for the toys that break and all those other things.
A is for addressing cards to every friend and foe.
C is for commercialism, old timers ought to know.
L is for little kids and love they try to earn.
A is for the awful gift you always must return;
U is for the untied nerves that every parent has.
S is for St. Nicholas, another Christmas passed.
(Kathy Sherman)