Baby, It's (not) Cold Outside

Daddy, When is Nativity?
Burl Ives from the dead CD sends
Holly jollies but no snow
And the icon candle sweats
Sweet honey in the Vesuvian wilting

Dad, when will it be cold again?
From the box with flahing lights
Rudolph is invoked
Santa hovers in his jet-copter
Above the lava in the living room

Daddy, how many weeks till St. Nicholas Day?
Leftover paschal eggs swirl
Peanut butter and chocolate drip from the cabinet
While the CD Player reminds us
It's a Marshmallow World

Dad, do we have to wait to decorate the house?
Popsicles melt before boys can eat them
The music insists holly deck halls fa la la
Martha and the Vandellas would sing a different song
No boar's heads need apply