BY: DR.STOLTZFUS

Every Menno down in Waterloo liked Christmas a lot,

Except for Mr. Gingerich who certainly DID NOT!

Gingerich hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!

The gifts and the songs and that old Mrs. Friesen.

“Oh, why did we let a Russian Menno in here?”

Wondered sad Mr. Gingerich with a sigh and a sneer.

The Mennonites of Waterloo had wanted a change,

“But their food is so foreign and their accent is strange!”

The Friesens were permitted, if just for a test,

And Friesens, being Friesens, did what Friesens did best.

They baked and they boiled and cooked up a feast,

Of schmaunt fat and cracklings and lots of roast beast.

But old Mr. Gingerich could not stand to eat.

The sausage was too salty and the syrup was too sweet.

“Soon it will be Christmas and then what w

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