{"product_id":"christmas-party-ten-poems-to-make-merry","title":"Christmas Party: Ten Poems to Make Merry","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a party and this heart-warming selection shows that there are all sorts of ways of staging a festive celebration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/prince-da\/\" title=\"View DA Prince Biography\"\u003eDA Prince’s\u003c\/a\u003e opening poem, we find that even the birds in the garden are “quivering in best-party feathers”. Elsewhere, there’s a Boxing Day game of sardines and a grandmother who arrives in silver curls and a velvet coat bearing a badly-chosen gift. There’s also a family gathering populated by a whole host of seasonal TV characters; Del and Rodney appear in fancy dress as Batman and Robin while the Vicar of Dibley arrives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…after eating four Christmas lunches,\u003cbr\u003esodden from jumping in deep puddles.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Partying with The Vicar of Dibley’ by Jeanette Burton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the poems illustrate is that a Christmas party doesn’t depend on mistletoe, tinsel or mulled wine. In fact, all that’s really needed to make merry is “a warm room of friends”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/slaney-di\/\" title=\"View Di Slaney Biography\"\u003eDi Slaney\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/towers-katharine\/\" title=\"View Katharine Towers Biography\"\u003eKatharine Towers.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/bagoo-andre\/\" title=\"View Andre Bagoo Biography\"\u003eAndre Bagoo,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/burton-jeanette\/\" title=\"View Jeanette Burton Biography\"\u003eJeanette Burton,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/diprose-kristina\/\" title=\"View Kristina Diprose Biography\"\u003eKristina Diprose,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/edwards-jonathan\/\" title=\"View Jonathan Edwards Biography\"\u003eJonathan Edwards,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/eyres-marie-louise\/\" title=\"View Marie-Louise Eyres Biography\"\u003eMarie-Louise Eyres,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/mariner-lorraine\/\" title=\"View Lorraine Mariner Biography\"\u003eLorraine Mariner,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/pedersen-michael\/\" title=\"View Michael Pedersen Biography\"\u003eMichael Pedersen,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/prince-da\/\" title=\"View DA Prince Biography\"\u003eDA Prince,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/sharman-penny\/\" title=\"View Penny Sharman Biography\"\u003ePenny Sharman\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/stannard-aruna\/\" title=\"View Aruna Stannard Biography\"\u003eAruna Stannard.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/boccaccini-meadows-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Boccaccini Meadows Biography\"\u003eSara Boccaccini Meadows.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\u003c\/form\u003e\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\u003c\/form\u003e\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\u003c\/form\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60377466012032,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/christmas-party-poetry-pamphlet-pack-shot.jpg?v=1794498944","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.co.uk\/products\/christmas-party-ten-poems-to-make-merry","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}