'Twas the day before Chirstmas
     and all thru the Den-shop
How the elves were so busy...
     just watch them clip-clop.

           Their hands, how they flew
                 with needle and thread,
            many toys to be finished
                  'fore their heads hit the bed.

Their feet, how they'd shuffle
      'cross the Den floor,
'twas surprising they didn't
      trip thru the door.

           "Where's the blue paint?"
                    "Who spilled the red?"
           "Watch out for the runner
                    on the little boy's sled!"

"Catch the rainbow!"
        "Where's the snow?"
"What kind of cookies
        do we make from this dough?"

               Feed the reindeer,
                       brush their manes;
               plait their tails,
                       repair their reins.

When Den-Elves work together
        our chores seem so breezy,
it's Teamwork that makes
        this Workshop so easy.

                Oh! What to our wondering ears
                          do we hear?
                Snow on the rooftops...
                          it's a White Christmas Year!!

Let Santa sleep
        'til his 8 o'clock call
Mrs. Clause will awake him
        with a "Ho, ho, y'all." 

                We'll finish our chores
                         'fore Santa awakes;
                 make ready the cider
                         and the little round cakes.

He'll have a long trip
        'round the world 'fore he's through,
bringing a Merry Christmas
        to all kids...AND YOU!

                  And what to our wondering eyes
                          should apprear?
                  Den Authors - all decked out
                           in Christmas gear!

And we're wishing
        to one and to all
A MERRY CHRISTMAS...and HO! HO! Y'ALL


© Christmas 2009, Jackie (Micke) Jinks