'Twas the Night Before Christmas + What Should Santa Bring You
Mates,
It is the night before Christmas and whether you celebrate such things or not, hopefully at a minimum you have time to recharge your batteries and to be with loved ones. So the call of the question is threefold:
1. What do you want Santa to bring you, and/or do your loved ones have any cool surprises coming from you?
2. Share a holiday tradition, something fun as opposed to having to visit that uncle you've never liked or go eat at the in-laws where the mother cooks the bird like she's running a iron ore kiln.
3. Improvise your own lyrics to one of the all-time iconic wintertime poems, Twas the night before Christmas:
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danc’d in their heads,
And Mama in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap-
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a minature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call’d them by name:
“Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,
“On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;
“To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
“Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys - and St. Nicholas too:
And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound:
He was dress’d all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnish’d with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys was flung on his back,
And he look’d like a peddler just opening his pack:
His eyes - how they twinkled! his dimples how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face, and a little round belly
That shook when he laugh’d, like a bowl full of jelly:
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laugh’d when I saw him in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And fill’d all the stockings; then turn’d with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight-
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
The holidays can be tough for some folks, so don't be alone and don't despair.
Merry Christmas,
XM
December 24th, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^
Y'all better be asleep by the time I get to your house.
December 24th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 8:49 PM ^
I clicked your link.
I saw the title.
I said to myself, 'I've heard of this book. I may have even read it.'
I heard the line 'narrated by Samuel L. Jackson' and may have woken my household with the volume of my out-loud laugh.
Thanks!
December 24th, 2016 at 9:22 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Ask...And you shall receive.
December 24th, 2016 at 8:00 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 7:59 PM ^
December 24th, 2016 at 8:14 PM ^
You can get that on any given weekend...
December 24th, 2016 at 7:35 PM ^
It's a Christmas miracle.
December 24th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
the surviving members of the 2008 Detroit Lions popped the bottle of champagne, per their tradition when the last winless team wins each year. One of the NFL's great traditions.
December 24th, 2016 at 8:09 PM ^
It's ain't champagne the Lions are popping—it's a bottle of Zima.
December 24th, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^
You're a fan of Cleveland sports? Why didn't you say something sooner?
December 24th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
and thanks to Santa Browns, we got to keep our 0-16 and our place in NFL history!
December 24th, 2016 at 7:38 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
or Orange Bowl tickets.
Santa always seems to know what I need though more than what I want!
Have a blessed Christmas everyone!
December 24th, 2016 at 8:52 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^
It'll find you.
December 24th, 2016 at 10:46 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 8:17 PM ^
I've seen his eyes...don't piss Najee off
December 24th, 2016 at 9:40 PM ^
Weirdo.
December 24th, 2016 at 7:53 PM ^
1. An undefeated '17-'18 season
2. Jabrill Peppers return
3. Grant Newsome's full recovery
4. Najee Harris
5. Good health.
December 24th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^
"Jabrill Peppers' return"
Fuck you.
December 24th, 2016 at 7:53 PM ^
1) My wife and I rarely buy for each other now in favor of giving the holiday to the kids. If we want it, we get it basically, but the kids are still at an age where Christmas is the best thing ever.
2) MST3K and Spaceballs and football all somehow converge on this day in my house.
3) Allan Sherman did it best:
December 24th, 2016 at 10:31 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 7:59 PM ^
Wife's Jewish, I'm an atheist, but we celebrate Christmas because life is short and holidays are good. Kids are getting drones with cameras and sand art craft sets and light sabers for maximum chaos tomorrow. Should be a good day. Then we'll be at the temple tomorrow night for some little shindig they have going on.
As for what I want... all the usual for a semi-obsessed M fan, plus maybe the second season of the OA to arrive right now. Yeah, that'd be super, actually.
December 24th, 2016 at 8:21 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^
We celebrate Christmas, but we don't invoke anything religious whatsoever into it. We just bring family in, exchange gifts, and have dinner together.
Like any holiday, Christmas is what you make it to be.
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December 24th, 2016 at 10:22 PM ^
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December 25th, 2016 at 1:03 AM ^
No religion.
Especially if you're a jerk about it.
December 25th, 2016 at 1:43 AM ^
December 25th, 2016 at 7:14 AM ^
with the ruling romans who celebrated saturnalia (sp?) at that time of year. given that the romans were fond of lighting the Christians up like human torches, feeding them to the lions, or crucifying them it was so nobody would notice their celebrations. i mean, if being a michigan fan was that risky we'd try to blend in too.
December 24th, 2016 at 8:04 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
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December 24th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
Merry Christmas everyone !
December 24th, 2016 at 8:17 PM ^
I want the same but privately hope for 15 years or more of Coach Harbaugh at Michigan.
Merry Christmas to you and everyone here.
December 24th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^