twas the night before christmas and all through the house
not a creture was stiring not even a mouse.
the stockings were hung down by the lake
in hope of a visit from carter blake
jason and shawn were nesled all snug in there beds
while vissions of strawberry cheweys danced in there heads
and ethans wife in her kercheif and he in his beard
had setled for winter (although it was wierd
when inside there house there arose sutch a noise
ethan got up to check on the boys
away to the downstares he ran like jaden
jumping over things to see if it was ok then
he turned on the lgiht so it would be clear
and he could see his furniture from ikea
when wat to his wandering eye should he see
but an old Santa joly as can be
ethan smiled, "how nice" he thought
but litle he know that it was really Scott!
more rapid than golf balls scott shelby he came
running outside and he called them by name:
"now jason now shawn now manfred and ethan
"now norman now madison now susan and hassan
"to top of the porech to the top of the house"
and so he juped up like a big giant mouse
so up to the house-top scott shelby he flew
with a sack full of toys and a pare of old shoes
and then in a twikling ethan herd on the street
the prancing and pawing of scott shelbyes feet
as he puled in his head and was turning arond
down the chimny came scott shelby with a bound
he was dressed in a trench coat from his neck to his pants
and when he got in he did a litle dance
a bundle of toys he had stufed in his pocket
and he looked like an astronot but without a rocket
his eyes how they twingled, his dimples how merry
his cheaks were like roses nis nose like a cherry
his happy old mouth was drawn up in a grin
with all of the toys he had brought for the twins'
he had a big face and a very large bely
that shook when he laughed like a bowl ful of jelly
he was chubby and plump, a right jolly old dude!
and ethan laguhed (although it was rude)
a wink of his eye from jolly old scott
gave ethan to know that he knew he was caught
he spoke a few words as he got out his stuff
"fitting these into your pockat is tough"
he pulled out seven bages of candy
well thought ethan, this is just dandy
and laying a finger aside of his nose
and giving a nod of the chimney he rose
he sprang to his car, to his driver gave a yell
and they drove across town in spite of him self
but i heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight
MERY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT