[Thespiritexpress] A Humorous Xmas Eve Break

[Ken Rich]

Yes, this is making the rounds. Humor can be healing too!


>>>>>> A Covid Christmas
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Twas the night before Christmas, but Covid was here,
>>>>>> So we all had to stay extra cautious this year.
>>>>>> Our masks were all hung by the chimney with care 
>>>>>> In case Santa just needed a spare.
>>>>>> With Covid, we couldn't leave cookies or cake
>>>>>> So Santa got hand sanitizer to take.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The children were sleeping, the brave little tots
>>>>>> The ones over five had just had their first shots, 
>>>>>> And mom in her kerchief and me in my cap 
>>>>>> Had just settled in for a long winter's nap.
>>>>>> But we tossed and we turned all night in our beds
>>>>>> As visions of variants danced in our heads.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gamma and Delta and now Omicron
>>>>>> These Covid mutations that go on and on
>>>>>> I thought to myself, "If this doesn't get better,
>>>>>> I'll soon be familiar with every Greek letter".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Then just as I started to drift off and doze
>>>>>> A clatter of noise from the front lawn arose.
>>>>>> I leapt from my bed and ran straight down the stair
>>>>>> I opened the door, and an old gent stood there.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> His N95 made him look pretty weird 
>>>>>> But I knew who he was by his red suit and beard.
>>>>>> I kept six feet away but blurted out quick
>>>>>> "What are you doing here now, dear old Saint Nick?"
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Then I said, "Where's your presents, your reindeer and sleigh ?
>>>>>> Don't you know that tomorrow’s The Day? ".
>>>>>> And Santa stood there looking sad in the snow
>>>>>> As he started to tell me a long tale of woe.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> He said he'd been stuck at the North Pole alone
>>>>>> All  his white collar elves had been working from home,
>>>>>> And most of the others said "Santa, don't hire us!
>>>>>> We can live off the CERB now, thanks to the virus".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Those left in the toyshop had little to do.
>>>>>> With supply chain disruptions, they could make nothing new.
>>>>>> And as for the reindeer, they'd all gone away.
>>>>>> None of them left to pull on his sleigh. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> He said Dasher and Dancer were in quarantine,
>>>>>> Prancer and Vixen refused the vaccine,
>>>>>> Comet and Cupid were in ICU,
>>>>>> So were Donner and Blitzen, they may not pull through.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And Rudolph's career can't be resurrected.
>>>>>> With his shiny red nose, they all think he's infected.
>>>>>> Even with his old sleigh, Santa couldn't go far.
>>>>>> Every border to cross needs a new PCR.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Santa sighed as he told me how nice it would be
>>>>>> If children could once again sit on his knee.
>>>>>> He couldn't care less if they're naughty or nice
>>>>>> But they'd have to show proof that they'd had their shot twice.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But then the old twinkle returned to his eyes.
>>>>>> And he said that he'd brought me a Christmas surprise.
>>>>>> When I unwrapped the box and opened it wide,
>>>>>> Starlight and rainbows streamed out from inside.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some letters whirled round and flew up to the sky
>>>>>> And they spelled out a word that was 40 feet high.
>>>>>> There first was an H, then an O, then a P, 
>>>>>> Then I saw it spelled HOPE when it added the E.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "Christmas magic" said Santa as he smiled through his beard.
>>>>>> Then suddenly all of the reindeer appeared.
>>>>>> He jumped into his sleigh and he waved me good-bye, 
>>>>>> Then he soared o'er the rooftops and into the sky.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight
>>>>>> "Get your vaccines my friends, Merry Christmas, good-night".
>>>>>> Then I went back to bed with a sweet Christmas dream
>>>>>> Of a world when we'd finished with Covid 19.