Around-About Christmas
Santa had a little time
With Christmas days away,
So he thought he’d take the reindeer out
And hitched them to his sleigh.
A practice jaunt across the sky,
With a few turns around a town,
Would help him get the bugs worked out
So he’d let nobody down.
He cracked his whip and away they flew
With Rudolf in the lead,
Across the far-flung heavens
At a tremendous flashing speed.
But with a wishful tug he reined them in
And slowed them to a trot
With his eyes on a round-about
For which he’d heard a lot.
His rig and all was a wee bit long,
Which made the turn a little tight,
And when he whistled for the deer to go,
A car cut him off on the right!
Rudolf came to a screeching halt,
With eight reindeer piled behind,
As a window dropped and a hand shot out
With a piece of the driver’s mind!
But Santa simply let it slide
And made his turn at last—
Never mind all the honking horns
Or shouts as drivers passed!
No, he made it around, slow and safe,
The way he’d heard it should be done,
And as they flew back to the barn
They did some loops for fun.
But when they landed, he called to an Elf
To bring out the list of “Naughty or Nice”
And to run the plate from the ‘round-about—
If need be, run it twice!
By
James N. Zitzelsberger
© 2018
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