{"id":65989,"date":"2024-12-25T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=65989"},"modified":"2024-12-25T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T15:34:39","slug":"christmas-day-a-day-in-the-life%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/christmas-day-a-day-in-the-life%e3%80%91\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day. [A day in the life\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have reached a day<br \/>\nWhere Christmas Day<br \/>\nIs now looked down upon<br \/>\nSo many migrants coming here<br \/>\nThe Christian stuffs all gone<\/p>\n<p>Thousands invading our sandy shores<br \/>\nEvery single year<br \/>\nA lot of them cannot converse<br \/>\nAnd with them there\u2019s<br \/>\nThe fear<br \/>\nLiving in big hotels<br \/>\nBikes to ride aroundThree meals a day<br \/>\nAnd fifty quid to spend<br \/>\nThat\u2019s where they are bound<\/p>\n<p>A pensioner now 81<br \/>\nHandouts not a lot<br \/>\nAll these years I Have  worked hard<br \/>\nAnd paid my taxes<br \/>\nI feel scarred<br \/>\nBy many of  these newcomers<br \/>\nWith their  mobile phones<br \/>\nAnd the Private dentistry<br \/>\nAnd my aching bones<\/p>\n<p>Are aching really hellishly<br \/>\nMy Christmas meal today<br \/>\nPeanut butter on sour dough bread<br \/>\nAnd some tofu<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the way<br \/>\nSome tonic water<br \/>\nTake my pills<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the best for me<br \/>\nOne Christmas card<br \/>\nFor the old bard<br \/>\nNo one cares you see.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand I am invited to a Boxing Day<br \/>\nMeal with some friends so will be happy tomorrow.<br \/>\nSpoke to my friends in Oz earlier by phone <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have reached a day Where Christmas Day Is now looked down upon So many migrants coming here The Christian stuffs all gone Thousands invading our sandy shores Every single year A lot of them cannot converse And with them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/christmas-day-a-day-in-the-life%e3%80%91\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-and-the-epic-journeys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65991,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65989\/revisions\/65991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}