The sleigh glided through heavy snow
Santa was worried about the blizzard blow
When suddenly Rudolph stubbled, his leg amiss
The reindeer sighed to see their leader down
The North Pole wore a worried frown
Elf doctors worked with healing care
Santa looked on distraught
While backup plans filled the frosty air
The sleigh, now powered by a magic spell,
Would soar through the sky, still chiming bells
Rudolph cheered as they started their journey
For Christmas joy would save the night.
Is Santa coming?
Can you hear above
Are reindeer running?
Bring presents of love
Why’s mother crying?
Cradling her son
The world is lying
No peace for anyone, anyone!
Is Santa coming?
Or is it a lie?
No one is smiling
Although we all try
That noise above you
Is not quite what you think
That sound above you
Is killing everything, everything!
I thought this was the time of year
When everyone lives without fear
I thought this was the time of year
When everyone lives without fear!
Without fear!
Angels are calling
Can you hear their sigh
The snow is falling
White petals on high
They build a snowman
Place a carrot for his nose
Black coal for eyes
Slippers for freezing toes
Freezing toes!
David Cox 07/12/24
Doris Annie had a dream
It was crisp, and clear to her
Others thought it was way off stream
Plausibility to them did not occur
I am on a quest to find reindeer
with yellow antlers she said to all
they thought this weird, strange and *****
until she brought home two, straight and tall.
where did you find them? I asked so brave.
They were in Montreal, near an elf’s middle cave.
Now the naysayers are quiet, and we all believe.
Because she has them living at her farm in Sheave.
Time to tour the best Christmas-decorated places in town
With a map in hand of all the beautifully lit-up houses to be found
Despite the amount of time to set up and to take down the people have given us a wonderful gift for all of us to enjoy
Whole streets have banded together to create a visual spectrum of flashing lights and creative characters that bring smiles to all the girls and boys
Carollers can be seen going door to door singing songs full of joy
On the rooftops, Santa and his reindeer seem to be in control of the night, ready to deploy
As if like magic the clouds open up sending a burst of snow floating down
Soon the lawns will have a blanket of snow without so much as making a sound
In the living rooms, trees with their colorful attire show off to the people walking by
A large crowd has gathered at the end of the block, jolly old Saint Nick handing out candy canes and looking spry
Christmas may come once a year but joy and happiness need to be spread every day
As you walk by a neighbor who has decorated his place a special thanks should surely come his way
Biologists and zoologists from Tokyo to Berlin worked on a new hybrid.
Unaware she was unique to the world, reindeerfly zoomed in the night sky.
Her hooves were sharply pointed, her wings were delicate said Fred.
Botanists and chemists were in awe, in disbelief as we saw her fly by.
This reindeer was almost too prancy-dancy,
Way too eager to look pretty and fancy.
I did not know what to tell my neice Lancy.
I doubted that he had any interest in her.
Too pretty, too neat, organized, too pure.
This reindeer hourly combed up his fur!
Rudolph and Rainey Reindeer, had a special love that glows
And if you ever saw them, you would even say it shows
All of the other reindeer, hear them whisper lovey-dovey names
And they all also see them, playing lovey-dovey games
Then one Merry Christmas Eve, Rudolph came to say
"Rainey with your eyes so bright...Deerling, won't you marry me tonight"
Oh my, how Rainey loved him, she said "I do" so happily
Then Rudolph and Rainey married, and they both went down in history
sparkling from the moon
icicles on evergreens
'neath the starry skies
Muddrocker, the moose, crossed the reindeer’s picket line
He’ll be okay, father reassured mother, he’ll be fine.
Dasher and Vixen wanted to scratch out Muddrocker’s eyes.
Santa was thrilled to see him on Christmas Eve, no big surprise.
Reindeer were pouting and snorting as sleigh drove away.
Santa realized he needed no more reindeer on this sacred day.
Fired them all after Muddrocker took him all around.
Reindeers’ wives left them too, we all soon found.
It’s not fair! Said Rudolph, they needed my nose!
Apparently not, said a new reindeer named Mose.
Santa and Muddrocker had fun that wonderful night.
And children were amazed by their terrific sight.
Dressy reindeer was given a marvelous outfit to wear.
To show off to the rest of the herd, most amazed and aware.
She was something special, a reindeer to admire and revere.
Many of the male reindeer admired her flirtatious rear.
Dressy reindeer was fashionable, dressing in Parisian clothes.
She never seemed to be common or had our regular woes.
I admired her from afar, and was never her confident or friend.
Intimidated by her for decades of years, until the end.
When I did finally meet her, we got along in a blazingly good way.
She would always ask me to linger a bit longer to have a nice stay.
I think of all those years where her beauty intimidated me.
Feeling guilty about generalizing her, I would stay a bit longer for tea.
Believe it or not her woes were the same as the rest of our woes.
She had lots of weird fetishes, she was afraid of humble plain clothes.
Her husband had been a rounder, finding other ladies pretty.
I stayed and admired her, her sense of humor was witty.
Dasher
cyber
cruiser
Dancer
fancy
footwork
Prancer
haughty
naughty
Vixen
magic
trickster
Comet
pleasure
streaker
Cupid
cheerful
cherub
Donner
raucous
rock star
Blitzen
bolt of
lightning
Rudolph
bulbous
red nose
Olive
other
excess
We can go faster if we take the magic bike, Rudolph said.
Santa rolled his eyes and the reindeer’s nose got louder red.
We can get rid of the others on the payroll too.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen and Vixen to name a few.
Santa looked at the magic bike. How can if fly far away?
Nothing up my sleeves, Rudolph said. Just trust me, okay?
So Santa signed the contract, and they fired the other deer.
Then he and Rudolph climbed on the bike, full of good cheer.
The bike struggled and stopped and sputtered and kicked.
Santa knew then that he had truly been gloriously tricked.
The other reindeer appeared, and demanded more money.
“As our union rep, they told Rudolph, you are a honey!”
Jolly Santa boarded his magic sleigh
And told his reindeer, “Up, up and away.”
They hauled his round jellied girth
Many times around the earth
Without gifts to bring - supply chain delay.
12/20/2022
howmanysyllables.com
Grandpa reindeer were excited to watch the annual Christmas dance.
You should see my grandson twirl and kick and spin and prance!
This was from Prancer who knew this might be his last chance
To see the annual competitive reindeer Christmas dance.
Dasher and Donner shared a grandson, named Dabbity Booze.
He could clog the tails off the other reindeer’s blue suede shoes.
They were in the front row, sharing a laugh about today’s event.
Vixen thought his granddaughter’s dance was heaven sent.
Dancer still fancied himself the best reindeer dancer of all.
He came sliding in, gave a bump and a grind and started to fall.
Comet laughed his petootsie off, which was not very nice.
Cupid offered the rest of the reindeer a warm pizza slice.
Blitzen was the only reindeer not showing up this year.
He has contracted Alzheimer’s now, the poor old aged dear.
The competition was a success, the grandchildren did fine.
At the end they included their grandfathers in a fun congo line.
An antelope, a reindeer and an elk walked into a bar.
Which bar?
The lion stared at his friend. “Does it matter?”
“It does to me.”
“Bar Sheeba Weebalah.”
The other lion nods.
“The antelope orders a beer. the reindeer orders a whiskey sour.”
The other lion pretends to laugh, hoping this will be the end of the story.
“Not the punchline yet,” the other lion warns him.
“Then I walk into the bar and I order an antelope, a reindeer and an elk.”
The other lion howls with laughter.
Not understanding, but wanting to please the alpha lion.
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