Twas the Night Before Christmas - CB Edition

Happy Humbugs! I got carried away and put up *2* stings of lights this year.

I'm not surprised that Santa didn't leave anything this year, I binged through the milk and cookies well before midnight. Sorry, Santa, but I was otherwise really, really good this year and I was hoping for an AVID S6L so I could run the just-in-time-for-the-holidays release of Venue 7! Can you check the sleigh and see if it's still in there? I'll have feed for the reindeer if you fly back by!
 
Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

- @dvsDave & @MistressRach
 
Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

- @dvsDave & @MistressRach
Good Morning All;

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 forgot his and needed a spare.
With Covid, we couldn't leave cookies or cake
So we left Santa hand sanitizer to take.
The children were sleeping, the brave little tots
The ones over 5 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 N 95 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, jolly Saint Nick?"
Then I said, "Where's your presents, your reindeer and sleigh?
Don't you know that tomorrow will be Christmas 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 and a sweet Christmas dream
Of a world when we'd finished with Covid 19.

Seasons’ Best &
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
 
it’s that time again.

Happy Holidays to all!
 
As we wrap up a tumultuous year, I want to say Thank You to each and every one of you. You have shown, again and again, what a caring community looks like.

Now, get to bed so St. Dave can deliver goodies! ;)

Happy Holidays to you all,

@dvsDave and @MistressRach
 
2023 has been a wild year, so as Strike Call for the year draws near, I just want to express my gratitude to you all for being the most wonderful community ever. This year has been a big year for CB, and I'll let you in on a little secret... CB's 21st year in 2024 will be our biggest year ever. (stay tuned)

Happy Holidays to you all,

@dvsDave and @MistressRach
 
2023 has been a wild year, so as Strike Call for the year draws near, I just want to express my gratitude to you all for being the most wonderful community ever. This year has been a big year for CB, and I'll let you in on a little secret... CB's 21st year in 2024 will be our biggest year ever. (stay tuned)

Happy Holidays to you all,

@dvsDave and @MistressRach
I absolutely refuse to believe I have been coming here for 20 years!
 
I absolutely refuse to believe I have been coming here for 20 years!
Phil, I remember when you WERE 20 years old... (or close to it).
 

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