It was Christmas time again,
and the snow was falling,
I could hear the sounds of bells
through the winds, that were calling.
Santa sat at his desk,
and checked the list twice,
of all the children who had been
naughty and nice.
Santa was almost ready
for his yearly round,
he looked over at his sack
and oh, what a mound.
"So many pressies to deliver", he said,
Whilst all the little children are tucked safely into bed.

Santa grabbed the sack,
and put it in the sleigh,
and then fed his Reindeer
with the special magic hay.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen,
Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen.
Looking back at the Reindeer
and scratching his head,
he went out back where Elves were laying bricks
and said, "We must find Rudolph, quick!".

As the Elves began the search
for the red nosed leader,
Santa checked the barn again,
metre, by metre.
Just as they all began to worry about the time,
Mrs Claus came outside with Rudolph, who was fine.
She found him in the kitchen looking for a cookie,
when on a break from playing a round of, 'hooky'.
She then took Rudolph outside
to prepare for the sleigh,
and gave him a quick nibble
of the magic hay.

Off on their journey
the Reindeer flew,
with the sack on the back
and a drink for Santa too.
They went from house to house
as quietly as could be,
If not down a chimney
then through a door with a key.

Finally, Santa had finished his last round,
But on returning,
dear Rudolph was nowhere to be found.
He asked Comet and Blitzen
to mind the sleigh for a minute,
while he checked in the house
just in case he was in it!

But Rudolph had seemed
to have gone for a wander,
and what was once a minute
turned out to be much longer.
For the red nosed Reindeer
was nowhere in sight,
And without him on the reins
the sleigh could not fly.
Finally when Santa
was almost out of luck,
he saw Rudolph at a lake
and my gosh, he was stuck!
His poor little hooves
were covered in mud and slime,
Santa calmly said, "Don't worry,
I'll get you out and you'll be fine".
So he called Dasher and Dancer
to come and pull him out,
and they pulled and pulled
and Rudolph landed on his snout!

Santa helped Rudolph up,
and they hurried to the sleigh,
because they looked up at the sky
and it was almost day!
Finally they were safe and sound
upon the roof so high,
and then into the distance
of the beautiful blue sky.
Thankfully for Santa
they made it home at last,
just before the children awoke,
as night had almost passed.

All the little children
were so happy as can be,
as they admired all their pressies
beneath their Christmas trees.