A Twist of the Twas the Night Before Christmas

[Lone Eagle]

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house,

There were bottles and butts left around by some louse.

And the best fifth I'd hidden by the chimney with care

Had been snatched by some bum who had found it right there.

 

My pals: guys and gals had been poured into their beds

To wake in the morning with hungover heads.

My mouth, full of cotton, dropped down with a snap

Because I was dying for one wee nightcap.

 

When through the south window there came such a yell,

I sprang to my feet to see what the hell...

And what to my bloodshot eyes should I see

But eight drunken reindeer caught in a tree.

 

Way in 'mongst the branches was a man in a sleigh.

I saw it was Santa, quite oiled and tres gay.

Staggering nearer those eight reindeer came

As he burped and hiccupped and called them by name:

 

"On Whiskey, on Vodka, we ain't got all night!

You too, Gin and Brandy, now all do it right.

Clammer up to the roof; get the hell off this wall!

Get going you rummies, we've still a long haul!"

 

So up on the roof went the reindeer and sleigh,

But a tree branch hit Santa before he could sway

And then to my ears, like the roll of a barrel,

Came a hell of a noise that was no Christmas carol.

 

So I pulled in my head and cocked a sharp ear.

Down the chimney he plunged, landing smack on his rear.

He was dressed all in red, with white fur for a trim.

And the way Santa swayed, he was tanked to the brim.

 

The sack on his back held nothing but booze,

And the breath that he blew nearly put me to snooze.

He was both plump and chubby and tried to stand right.

But he didn't fool me; he was high as a kite.

 

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work

And missed half the stockings, the plastered old jerk.

And laying his thumb on the end of his nose,

He fluttered his fingers as he quoted prose.

 

He sprang for his sleigh at so hasty a pace

He tripped on a shingle and slid on his face.

But I heard him burp back as he passed out of sight:

"Merry Christmas, you lushes, now really get tight."

[SilvrT]

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[Aussie Annie]

[Yammer Dan]

I've seen that one!! About the same time I saw Peter Cottontail!! Some Fairy was hanging with them.....