Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.

The ‘Just Another’ Holiday

It’s on a random date.

There’s nothing much to celebrate

It’s just a day off work.

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Except essential workers

They’ll have to work of course.

And thanks to all the rest of us

Experience extra stress.

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Half of us are in our cars

Congested, stuck in jams.

The other half are stuck at home

Complaining that they’re bored.

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Shops and restaurants crowded

Like everywhere you’d go.

The worst time to go anywhere

A public holiday!

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Perhaps we’ll leave the country

If we can find a flight

But holidays most always mean

The airport’s hit by strikes.

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There’ll engineering work

Affecting all the trains

And a restricted service

On almost every line.

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Then of course there’s relatives

Arguments to have.

Will they go to his or hers

Can they come to ours?

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Of course I’m up for holidays

And keeping special ones.

We’d all like extra holidays

But must we go at once?

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I’d love an extra holiday

But add it to my leave!

Don’t tell me when to take it

Just leave that up to me.

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