'Twas All Hallow's Eve
'Twas All Hallow's Eve, and all through the night
Creatures were stirring and freezing with fright.
For monsters of all shapes and sizes
Were knocking on my door and asking for prizes.
In the hall sat a bowl of candies and sweets
In hopes that some kiddies would come by for treats.
Mama in her vampire suit and I in my mask
Had just settled down to accomplish a task.
"Trick or treat!" they'd yell, and I'd look so frightened
And as I gave them each candy, I was enlightened
In the variety of costumes that each kid wore
Ballerinas, dinosaurs and many more.
Then suddenly from the lawn came a curious sound
I rose from my seat to see if children had come round.
The moon was full, the stars twinkled.
But as I looked around, my forehead wrinkled.
A shadow had appeared on the lawn
And at first I mistook it for a lost fawn.
But as it turned its head, I knew it was no deer.
For it had a red nose I found to be queer.
Nothing but Rudolph had such a bright feature
That it allowed me to see the other eight creatures.
They were pulling a sleigh that held a man
Who upon himself used a portable fan.
"Is it just me," he asked, "or is it incredibly hot here?
I don't remember a snowless Christmas last year."
To which I replied, "Santa, you're in the wrong season.
It's Halloween now, not your kind of freezin'."
"That explains everything," he said. "I was wondering why
It didn't feel like Christmas, like people didn't even try
To put up trees and lights, not on decoration.
Surely, I thought, this is a hallucination."
I shook my head and smiled, and he smiled back.
We said our good-byes, and from his whip came a crack.
And he called out as his reindeer flew off into the night,
"Happy Halloween to all, and to all a good fright!"