It was Christmas Eve

And Santa was bored.

The toys were made,

All neatly wrapped up

And loaded into his sack.

 

There was nothing left to do now.

So Santa sat down, looked at his watch

And sighed a great big sigh.

It was eight o'clock.

There were four hours left.

What could he do until then?

 

Then, Santa had an idea,

"I know!" he said with glee,

I'll go and visit my reindeers.

They'll be awfully pleased to see me!"

 

So Santa went away,

Trudging through the snow

To visit his beloved friends.

He searched and searched all over

But, try as he might,

He couldn't find them anywhere!

"Where on earth are they?"

Asked Santa, thinking aloud.

 

Then, he saw them up on a hill,

Having a snowball fight.

Rudolph had hit Blitzen in the antlers.

And as for Cupid...

...well, he was just being silly!

 

"That looks like fun!" said Santa

As he trudged up the hill.

He made a snowball of his own

And threw it at Comet's tail!

 

"Oi!" yelled Comet, Who was that,

Throwing snowballs at my back?"

But, before Santa had time to reply,

A snowball had knocked off his hat!

 

"Ho ho ho!" laughed Santa with joy,

"This is so much fun!"

He made a snowball and aimed it

Right at Blitzen's back!

 

"Oh dear!" said Blitzen, "Who was that,

throwing snowballs at my back?"

And Blitzen aimed his snowball

Right at Prancer's head!

 

Rudolph had made a snowball

And balanced it on his nose.

With a jerk of his head, Rudolph threw it

Up, up, up into the air.

He tried to hit it with his hind legs,

But it landed on Santa's nose instead!

 

Santa sneezed, "Atchoo! Atchoo!

I think I'm catching a cold!

But I must still deliver my gifts.

The children will be disappointed if I don't."

 

By midnight, Santa's nose

Was almost as red as Rudolph's.

"Oh dear." said Santa,

"I don't feel well at all!

But it's taught me a lesson

Never to forget my scarf again!"

 

And from that day on,

The children would know

The story of how Santa

Got his big red nose.