This happened when we came back home from our trip to San Diego for our Christmas vacation. I thought that my son didn't believe in Santa Claus, but apparently I was wrong. I told him that we had Christmas in San Diego and the Lego toy was from Santa, but it didn't work. Anyway, I did successfully wiggle myself out of this situation, but I think that we can longer push out our Christmas tree purchase.
I thought that the entire incident was kind of fun, so I decided to write a poem about it
A poem - No Way In
Your face lighted up with excitement
And your eyes shined with merriment
What drove the exuberance in you?
And what caused that incitement in you?
You got off the car in a flash
Running towards the living room in a dash
With that anxious look in you
Curious was I about what you were up to
Disappointed, you said
Why Santa hadn’t come
Bewildered, you asked
Where your present could have gone
Cornered, I tried to comfort you
That Santa couldn’t have climbed through
With the fireplace being blocked
By that big screen TV we brought
You ran downstairs in a dash
Towards the entertaining room in a flash
With that frantic look in you
Searching for another chimney and any other clue
This chimney wasn’t blocked, you said
Santa should have no trouble getting in
Puzzled, you scratched your head
Wondering where your present could have been
Feeling sympathy for you, I said in blurt
That the chimney was covered with dirt
Santa had asthma like you
And he couldn’t breathe climbing through
Upstairs you went to another room
This time to the great family room
Looking hastily everywhere
For a present found nowhere
This chimney was clean and unblocked
But the present was still nowhere to be found
I told you that the fireplace door was locked
And there was no way Santa could have been around
We will need to do something this December
Something that we can no longer ignore
We will just have to remember
To unlock the fireplace door
** 版權所有 - Elisa English
You probably have noticed that we have three wood burning fireplaces.