‘TWAS THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Twas the day before Christmas and all through the town,

People were running, around and around,

Trying to get through another long line,

To hit one more store, before closing time,

There’s much to do ‘cause Santa’s on his way,

We shop for two months, he works one day,

Christmas wrap is flying, the Scotch tape whines,

I’d like to take a nap, but there just isn’t time,

Dinner it comes, and then it is gone,

It’s soon ten o’clock, I don’t have very long,

Just wrap one more gift and assemble that toy,

And we can sit back and wait for the joy,

But the toy’s instructions weren’t written for me,

I can’t get tab “A” to fit in slot “B”,

The kids are asleep, awaiting their gifts,

While we’re in the basement, exchanging fits,

Then we fall asleep, the ...