When Santa got stuck up the chimney
it wasn’t a crashing surprise,
he’d been stuffing his face with roast-turkey
and lashings of luscious mince-pies.
His sleigh came to rest on a rooftop,
then somehow he’d shinned up the stack
and managed to squeeze down the chimney
but got caught like a rat in a trap.
The commotion awoke the whole family –
the kerfuffle and hullabaloo...
“Quick, Santa’s got stuck up the chimney,
whatever shall all of us do?”
Then swift to the rescue came Grandma,
with a flue-brush of quite ample size,
but Santa went crackers
when it met with his knackers!
It’s not often that Santa Claus cries.
Comments
Beeme | December 20, 2009 - 14:54
I really enjoyed this Tina, it made me laugh alot. Love the last stanza =)
Beeme xx
Silver Spun Sand | December 20, 2009 - 14:59
Thanks, Beeme. Tee-hee;-)
Tina xx
hilary west | December 20, 2009 - 15:10
Wonderful sense of fun and lovely rhyming scheme too !
Silver Spun Sand | December 20, 2009 - 15:14
My thanks to you, Hilary. Ah, yes...the rhyming scheme, much appreciate your noticing;-)
Tina
Ewan | December 22, 2009 - 09:01
I did laugh.
You want flue vice flu before the brush.
Silver Spun Sand | December 22, 2009 - 09:14
Glad it tickled you;-) and also of course, that you noticed my 'deliberate' mistake;-) Shall rectify right now.
My thanks to you, as always.
Tina
MistakenMagic | December 22, 2009 - 11:41
Glad you got a cherry for this lovely festive ditty, Tina ;) Has given me the giggles this morning!
Magic xxx
Silver Spun Sand | December 22, 2009 - 12:54
This one goes back a long way, Magic, written as it was for our family's traditional 'poetry evening' every Christmas Eve. I have since improved it, I hope, and I am so glad it made you titter;-)
Tina xxx
Nathan Bednarek | December 22, 2009 - 14:40
Hehe. Enjoyed. Well done.
Nathan xox
Silver Spun Sand | December 22, 2009 - 17:03
;-) Thank you, Nathan. We aim to please;-)
Tina xox
Cavalcaderl | December 23, 2009 - 23:40
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