TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE,
NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING,
NOT EVEN A MOUSE.
THE HATS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE,
IN HOPE THAT ST NICKLAUS SOON WOULD BE THERE.
I HAD JUST TAKEN OFF MY "CHRISTINA A MOORE"
AFTER GETTING HOME FROM THE STORE.
I WAS SETTLING DOWN, GETTING READY FOR BED,
WHEN LOUD NOISES I HEARD , WERE THEY OUTSIDE OR IN MY HEAD?
I PULLED UP THE BLINDS AND LOOKED OUTSIDE,
HOPING TO FIND A GREAT BIG SURPRISE.
WHEN WHAT DID I SEE, MY EYES OPENED WIDE
SANTA CARRYING A SLEIGH WITH HATBOXES INSIDE.
I HELD MY BREATHE AND JUMPED WITH GLEE,
HOPING THAT ONE OF THOSE BOXES WERE FOR ME.
THERE WERE TAGS ATTACHED TO EACH ONE,
I SAW NAMES OF ALL HAT LOVERS, WHAT FUN!
HE BEGAN TO OPEN THEM UP, IT WAS BETTER THAN CANDY,
EACH HAT WAS JUST FINE AND DANDY.
THERE WERE HATS FROM EVERY DESIGNER UNDER THE SUN,
BOY WERE MY LADIES GOING TO HAVE FUN.
SANTA SAID, THESE LADIES HAVE DONE SO MUCH GOOD,
AND WITH SUCH GREAT PASSION,
I WILL REWARD THEM WITH THE LATEST FASHION.
THEY FED THE HOMELESS ON A COLD JANUARY DAY,
AND AUCTIONED HATS TO BRIGHTEN A CANCER SURVIVOR'S WAY.
THEY DIDN'T FORGET THOSE WHO SUFFERED ABUSE,
AND REWARDED A YOUNG GRAD WITH A MONETARY AWARD.
THEY HELPED THE HISTORIC SOCIETY WITH FRIGHT NIGHT,
AND MODELED THEIR HATS, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
THEY GAVE OF THEMSELVES AND STILL HAD FUN,
DOING EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
HE TIPPED HIS HAT AND OFF HE FLEW,
TO DELIVER HIS GIFTS TO ALL HE KNEW
I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE WENT ON HIS WAY,
HATPY HOLIDAYS ON THIS BLESSED DAY..
HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS! SEE ALL OF YOU IN 2005! DRIVE SAFE AND STAY HEALTHY.
LOVE, ANNE