T'was The Day Before Christmas

Little Tommy Browns Christmas
The Day Before Christmas
By: Whitney Goodall
T’was the day before Christmas and all through the town,
all the kids were out playing, except Tommy Brown.
He sat in a corner with his bear he named Ted,
even though he was told to go lay in his bed.

Tommy looked out the window and all he could see,
were parents putting lights on their houses and trees.
Tommy Browns mother walked in with something to say
about the jolly, old fat man that rode on a sleigh.
“He’s a fake, he’s not real, he’s just a big lie!”
Tommy didn’t want to believe, but he let out a sigh.
His heart started pounding as the magic washed away.
Tommy knew Santa Claus wouldn’t show up the next day.
As it started to get dark, Tommy laid in his bed,
knowing that Santa Claus and nine reindeer were all in his head.
Time started passing, Tommy just couldn’t sleep.
But one moment later he heard a slight creep.
Tommy just couldn’t help it, so he jumped out of bed.
He didn’t know what to believe, because of what mama said.
The noises got louder, so he went to check it out.
As he went up the stairs and then he heard a shout!
“Ho, ho, ho!” Said the man where the tree lit aglow,
Tommy was struck by surprise as he started to tiptoe.
The man looked at Tommy his face filled with despair,
as Tommy had clutched hold of his teddy bear.
“I see you still have him, your best friend that I made.”
Tommy looked down at Ted as the memory would never fade.
He looked at the man with a confused look in his eyes,
“I got Ted for Christmas, the year my daddy died.”
“I remember that Christmas” said the old man,
“you were a depressed little boy, so I lent the elf’s a hand”
“Elf’s!?” Said Tommy, “Then wait, who are you?”
“I’m the man that makes all your wishes come true.”
“Santa?” said Tommy, “I was told you’re not real.”
Santa looked right at Tommy and said, “Is that how you really feel?”
“I didn’t want to believe all things mamma said,
but she is my mom so I listened to the lies she had spread.
But I know in my heart that the magic is real,
It’s all just as real as the snowflakes we feel.”
Santa agreed with what Tommy had said,
so he explained to Tommy before he went to bed.
When people think of winter and the Christmas season,
They think of the ice and the debts they will be in.
And as we step outside during this time of year,
We breathe a cold breath and think the air has never been so clear.
Then we feel a cold breeze that makes us shiver,
knowing that the coldness will make us all bitter.
But then the first snowflake falls on your cheek,
Making every snowflake just as unique.
So the magic doesn’t come from what someone has said,
it comes from your heart and not your head.
Now young Tommy Brown do you understand,
that the magic in Christmas was never planned?”
Tommy had the biggest smile on his face,
what Santa Claus has told him could never be erased.
Tommy told Santa “I understand perfectly,
I never though I could understand that Christmas has so much beauty.”
Santa Claus smiled and said “My work here is done,
I have so many toys to deliver to the children.
Now young boy run off to bed, I have so much to do.
Ho, ho, ho, one more thing, A Merry Christmas to you!”