The Night Before Christmas Eve

The night Before Christmas Eve By Franklin Price 12/17/2016 Prologue The Night Before Christmas A most famous of poems Read to children aloud By their parents in homes To children who gather 'Round the brightly lit tree To hear Santa is coming Presents for you and me They have been to the mall And they've sat on his knee He said have you been good? Answered: as good as can be! He said what would you like Jolly Santa to bring? Can grant most any wish Can bring most anything In the past was a train Or a two wheeler bike Or the prettiest doll I can bring what you like You may like a computer With some games you can play Find it under the tree At first light Christmas day Not a wish within reason That I can't bring to you After all it is Christmas That's the thing that I do Have you been out shopping For your family and friends? To give each other gifts For your elders Depends Just a bit of humor Not a good gift I think Like buying your loved wife A brand new kitchen sink I speak with experience And will never forget A sink's not for Christmas I remember that yet Like Santa, ask everyone Make your own gift list too Of what others would like That's the best thing to do Take great joy in shopping For the giving is best A smile Christmas morning Says your gift passed the test I've digressed just enough It's time to get to the heart Of what this poem is about I hope for you, the best part THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE At home near the North Pole Elves are packing the sleigh For the merry old soul The Reindeer are sheltered In the stable so near The coming night's weather To be cold but quite clear The workshop's still busy building last minute toys To soon be delivered To good girls and good boys Santa pressing his suit Combing his silver hair He is so very real To the kids who still care Out in the warm stable The reindeer cannot sleep No noise they are making Heard, not even a peep Santa is looking out At the snow coming down The smile on his round face Becomes the smallest frown The light of the full moon Is all covered by mist He may need a reindeer With red nose to assist As Santa is watching Moon beams come shining through Maybe now red nosed Rudolph Will have nothing to do Santa still has to drive And could be much less droll You would think that at least He would have cruise control Satellite positioned As he moves on his way Doesn't follow the stars As way back in the day Puts in his computer Where all children may be Takes a few terabytes Of super fast memory Computer must keep up In flight Christmas eve night The sleigh is approaching Speed of dawn's early light He must plan his own trip With his elves to assist To bring gifts to each child Who appears on his list There's Dani and Billy and Lily and Belle So many more children Than herein I can tell Santa goes to each place Where a child is asleep Finds a good way to enter Down the chimney may creep Just a few years ago Houses heated with coal And brick fireplaces For the Merry old soul Down the chimney he went Not always any more Where there's central heating Enters through the front door Most children in houses More than a few are in tents He will visit them all Even trailers with dents Santa gets very hungry Every year I will tell Some houses have goodies Santa follows the smell Of new cookies fresh baked And milk in a small cup Can take just a small taste Or he'll never get up To go out to the sleigh And climb up on the seat It could be the next place Has more cookies to eat He will pick up the reins Give the reindeer a cluck With the power lines low Finds he really must duck He will look up and down To the left and the right Zoom right to the next house In the dark of the night He still carries the toys In a sack that appeals Has gotten much older Now it's driven with wheels His bifocals are thicker Near and far they can see His teeth are now false ones He had lost all but three His white hair's much thinner Not much left there to comb Keeps his cap on his head 'Til the time he gets home Not a pipe in his mouth As he had long ago Non smokers don't like it And they all let him know Biggest loser he's watched And has lost a few pounds Six pack he has gotten Where he used to be round Feels so much better now That he goes to the gym Does not quite look the same But it's really still him When you look at him now He will still wink at you He feels so much better Now it's easy to do So I've given his plan Put it down here in verse If you were very bad I just hope you don't curse When you open your gift Either switches or coal From good lookin' Santa That thin merry old soul When he finishes up As the sun starts to rise And you hear his kind words Do not be so surprised “I hope you are happy Have a very good day Merry Christmas to all” Is what he has to say Epilogue I got you through Christmas And how Santa prepared Of getting and giving About those who have cared Hope you gave not expecting To receive from the same And not always because You drew another one's name The presents now opened And the wrapping is trash The money's in pockets Of all those who got cash It's time to get ready For the afternoon feast For the turkey and ham Fresh warm bread raised with yeast Sliced, canned cranberry sauce Mashed potatoes so fine There is much more good food These are favorites of mine All sit at the table To taste food, but before Thank the Lord for the meal For all gathered and more For we should not forget About the Holiday's name If Christ not in Christmas It is never the same From simple beginnings To His death on the hill Was sent here to save us To believe, then he will When we've said the blessing And we unclasp our hands Our stomachs are growling Feed us all their demands We pass 'round all the bowls From the left to the right Eat until we're all full Even into the night Crawl away from the plate We are too full to stand Cannot eat one more bite Bellies big and so grand Not even one push-up Or a walk on the tread If we wait just one hour Ala mode pie instead Hope that your own Christmas Was so happy and fine Got all wished for presents A full table to dine That you thanked the dear Lord For Him sending His Son He's the reason for Christmas He's the Savior, the One This story is over I've at last reached the end No one better than Christ On whom we may depend