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Christmas Elves

CHRISTMAS ELVES Come listen to a tale of lessons learned. How I now cringe remembering when I Reached up and touched a red-clad elf and turned Idyllic moments to a time to cry! Such ignorance! My grandson told me that To touch an elf will break the magic spell. My pleas to be forgiven all fell flat At first. I'm glad to say things turned out well. Sweet letters to irked elves can sometimes be Enough to bring their Christmas magic back. Long flights to Santa Claus can guarantee Victorious good kids. Gifts--they won't lack. Each time I see that little elf, I make Sure I don't touch it so no hearts will break. The Elf on the Shelf, a book by Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell, tells of little elf figures that show up at young children's houses just after Thanksgiving, observe the children's behavior, fly to the North Pole nightly till Christmas Eve to report to Santa, fly back, and land in a new spot each time. The elf is NOT to be touched.

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Date: 12/25/2015 2:34:00 PM
JANICE, Congratulations on your win :) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! SKAT
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/25/2015 7:56:00 PM
Thanks so much, Skat. You're really going to be missed! Janice
Date: 12/24/2015 4:18:00 PM
this one was quite unique! Also it had excellent iambic pentameter and use of enjambment, which I adore in a well written sonnet. A suggestion for you. Don't use all caps!! Just write and capitalize as you would do normally with a sentence! WEll done for a great win in my contest. Congrats.
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/24/2015 6:10:00 PM
Thanks so much, Andrea, and thanks for sponsoring. The caps were to compensate for the bolding I "lost" when I cut and pasted. After I post on Poetry Soup, I don't know how to bold and italicize. Janice
Date: 12/6/2015 3:03:00 PM
This is delightful Janice good luck in the contest - Andrea has set us quite a challenge!:-) hugs Jan xx
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/6/2015 3:09:00 PM
That, she has! I really had to work on this one. Glad you liked it, Jan . Thank you. Janice

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