To An Old Fogey
"To An Old Fogey" is a playful comic poem addressed to a balding, portly curmudgeon who insists that Christmas has grown tiresome and outdated. Seaman gleefully catalogues the man's grievances — heavy meals, mince pies, raucous children dragging him to pantomimes and using him as a makeshift bear — before delivering a sharp, affectionate rebuke: the old fogey was once young himself, pulling raisins from the fire and delighting under the mistletoe. Christmas hasn't aged; he has.
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