A new carol for the season

For something new and different, travel without an airport or sitting next to strangers. Jerry and I drove to Toronto for Christmas. It's only about ten hours from here. We planned the trip in early November and had planned to do a day trip to Niagara Falls one day, but as world travelers, we're always ready to shift and roll and change. And then the storm came, closing all of the Niagara areas as it was hammered with snow. Toronto got a little snow but heavy winds and it was very cold. Of course, things closed and we hunkered down. Then Jerry didn't feel well. And then things started to go downhill...so I've written a song about it, my song for Christmas. I can't wait to go back to Toronto, explore under better circumstances, and have dim sum in Chinatown. 

Happy new year, be safe, be kind, be well.

 

Didn’t the border agent say,
“Going to Toronto for something different, eh?”
With no idea how prophetic that would be…

The dogs at the doggy park
in boots and parkas
the Hockey Hall of Fame
decked out too, its

Christmas in Canada
with a winter bomb-cyclone
Christmas with Covid and you

The ice on Lake Ontario is shining
The hotel uncomfortably warm
The 4 am alarms and the weird overcharges
and the final night room change assured
We'd never try Christmas away from home again…

BUT it was Christmas in Canada
with a winter storm
Christmas with Covid

Christmas in Canada

though not the best Christmas 

but ... with .... you!