Twas the night before Christmas and everything was ready
The kids snuggled in bed, Danny hugging his teddy
Then me in my gown and daddy in his shorts
Complaining to loud, seems I used too much starch
I hung up the stockings by the fire place in the den
In hopes that ole Santa would fill them again
We finally settled down at a quarter past ten
When a big loud bang woke us up again
I jumped up quite fast, took off in a run
Threw up the window, got blinded by the sun
When I could finally see again
The moon had almost done me in
Its glow on the snow was so darn bright
My eyes saw spots the rest of the night
Then what through my squinted eyes did I see
But a sleigh with reindeer headed straight for me
With a little old driver all dressed in red
I knew it was Santa on top of that sled
Breaking all records, the reindeer were fast
He whistled and shouted as they went past
“Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet, on Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the steps by the south wall
Be careful now, don’t stumble and fall’
Around the house to the back they flew
With his sleigh of toys, shinny and new
And then in a moment I heard a great sound
Santa got stuck in the chimney on his way down
As I inched back, at least a foot
Down he came all covered in soot
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his feet
His clothes though dirty, still looked quite sleek
A bag full of toys followed him on down
He looked like a peddler tossing them around
His eyes were shiny and his dimples were sweet
His cheeks quite rosy, nose red as a beet
His droll little mouth spread open with a grin
His white beard covered both face and chin
A little black pipe he held onto
While smoke kept rising around us two
He had a kind face and was fat as could be
He shook when he laughed and slapped at his knee
He was chubby and plump, a jolly elf was he
I laughed out loud, thinking he wouldn’t see
He gave me a wink then turned around
Sensing no harm, I finally set down
He filled up the stockings, then looking at me
Back up the chimney, ole Santa did flee
He got in his sled and holding on tight
Wished me Merry Christmas as his reindeer took flight
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A contest entry
- Prewrites by Myjoy.
1000 points, ended November 16, 2007, 43 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Joy to the world!!! 1,000 christmas poems wanted!!! by Elvenfairy.
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How lovly
The couplet structure to this piece made it feel young,fun and so elegant. The joy and fun contained within this poem is wonderful,airy and light. A nice,easy read,well written and so apt for my prompt. x -
What an adorably story. Perfect for the holidays.
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Cute and fun story! Thank you so much for entering!
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Absolutely delightful rendition of an old classic! Glad I read this!
Frogz~
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Now this is just as cute as it can be
Funny and entertaining
Thank you so much for the smiles and for being a part of this contest!
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This is an amazing poem !!!
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Very Creative!
You truly can tell a story, you know? Very well written...
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another wonderful telling of the classic tale. I'd give you applause for this too, but I used them all up for today lol. Thanks for entering this into my contest
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WOW
I LOVED and enjoyed your poem very much, had to add you to the finalist list as this is pretty much what I am looking for, felt like an excited little girl again and when started reading, couldn't stop nice story! Thank you for entering the contest and Goodluck! best Christmas wishes to you!!! ;-)
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WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just loved it I will be reading this to my little girl come christmas. Thank you so much for sharing I just loved it.
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Around the house to the back they flew
With his sleigh of toys, shinny and new... I can picture this in my mind and as a child too.
Julie xx
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aww this was so cute!!! I love that story, this was a great take on it!!
Blessings,
~Michaela~
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Very cute! I love it! this is wonderful!!!
Great great great rhyme! I love this!
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Ahhhhhh....
how adorable is this?
What a wonderful enchanting write...
This is one of my favorite Christmas books...
and you did an excellent job of capturing that same environment within your words!
great rhyme as always! wish I could rhyme as well as you...LOL!
Beautifully penned!
Blessings! Tammy
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