‘Twas “A Dickens of a Christmas” and all through the town,
Visitors were coming – from miles around.
The streets were bedecked with holiday cheer,
Knowing that Christmastime soon would be here.
We bundled up cozy, and soon headed down
To the Christmas celebration in the neighboring town.
We entered the square through a cheery iron gate,
Which meant we must stop, for pictures to take!
Then what to our wondering eyes should appear
But a warm toasty tent filled with holiday cheer!
The tables were spread with paper and pens
For letters to Santa, from all of his friends!
We then ventured out, in the cold, windy night
When suddenly our eyes beheld quite a sight…
A snowman, named Frosty, of childhood cartoon fame
Was manning the caboose of a miniature train!
The train sounded its whistle, a frightfully loud sound,
And the sidewalk soon filled with folks gathering ’round
To catch a small glimpse of that famed man of snow,
A wave, or a shout out, saying “Frosty, Hello!”
The train was soon gone, Frosty waved us good-bye,
We ventured to see what else we could spy.
The next street held an incredible thrill:
An honest-to-goodness man-made sledding hill!
Crisana shied away, but Trey took his turn.
He’d never gone tubing; he wanted to learn!
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His ride was fantastic, he loved every minute,
He wanted to ride again, he couldn’t wait to begin it!
But the line was too long, so we didn’t linger.
Instead we listened to the holiday singer
Who performed on the stage, fun holiday songs
And found that the crowd was all singing along.
We turned down the street that was off to the side,
And found 4 tiny horses, which children could ride.
Our little cowgirl proudly mounted her steed,
A pony named “Cookie Monster”, no monster indeed!
By this time we were chilled from our heads to our feet
So we decided it was time to find us some heat.
We entered the old courthouse, and to our delight,
Santa was present on this very night!
We stood in line patiently waiting to see
A glimpse of The Big Guy and sit on his knee.
He took time to listen to each of our lists,
And promised to give us some of our gifts.
The night was now dark, the party was ending,
Our feet were now tired, our pets needed tending.
We hustled away with our hearts full of cheer,
And promised ourselves we’d be back again next year!