It’s the Day Before Christmas and the Tenrec is Stirring
It’s the day before Christmas
and the house is a wreck
The kids are excited
like dogs, cat and tenrec
The tortoise is unfazed
and Ryan’s asleep
and I’m hoping like crazy
the turkey will keep.
There’s a breeze in the palm trees
some waves in the ocean
Yet, no matter how normal,
the kids have a notion
that tomorrow is special
(I need some of their potion!)
The tree does it’s spinning
all covered in bobs
and tomorrow we’re dinning
on veranda with mobs
of friends from all places —
from Texas to Perth —
and the hope is all faces
will beam forth with mirth
I’m missing the heck
out of everyone far
and hoping that someday
we’ll find we all are
within distance to share
holiday hugs and kissing
and all end up where
we can pause all this missing
So …
From all of us here
down in this hemisphere
Merry Christmas to you
that we hold very dear.
We miss you, we love you
We hope you are happy,
and know you all know
Christmas makes me sappy
Happy holidays!
With love from Sandra, Sam and Cj …
A collection of my short stories:
I'm in this one, too ...
And I'm in here, as well ...
Paradise Preoccupied 
Craciun Fericit! Merry Christmas from Moldova!
Multumesc!
Merry xmas and Happy New Year !!
plucked my heartstrings, dear Sandra… Wonderfully touching and “sheer poetry” :-))
Merry Christmas again and a big hug to you and the kids!
To you, too, Judith!
Happy Christmas you guys! Love and miss you! Big Xmas hug sent all the way from Leeds England !!! xxxx
We’re missing you much here, Deb.
Have a wonderful holiday!
What a lovely little ditty – thanks for that – hopefully we’ll all see you tomorrow. Merry Christmas and lots of love from the Lavigne Zoo!
Merry Christmas, Sandra! I wish I were on your veranda. Love you!
2012, Lisa! Tequila on the veranda will happen!
Chag Sameach!! Hugs Sandra, you are closer to all of us than you think.
What a comforting thought, Lisa.
Thanks … and chag sameach!
Merry Merry Christmas, Dear Sandra!
And to you and yours!
Merry Christmas Sandra, from Arkansas, USA
Nice. Holiday greetings from Arkansas! Thank you and back atcha!
Merry Christmas, Sandra! All the best!
Merry Christmas to you, Marianne! Hope all is good, and that 2012 is the best year ever!
Thank you, Sandra. To you as well, Sandra, to you as well.
Have a very merry Christmas, Sandra!
Thanks, Paul. I’ve missed you! Best wishes for a fabulous holiday season.
Dear Sandy
As another precious Christmas eve moves by, my thoughts turn to those who care, and make the heart warm. So I remember you 🙂
Your children look beautiful, as do you. It’s a bit of a secret, but it’s us blokes who normally get better with age. You appear to have bucked the trend.
Much has changed here recently.
Sadly, Miriam and I are no longer together. It’s been a tough autumn.(I’ll save the conversation for when we meet again.) Suffice to say, if I could, I would have gone somewhere warm and far away this Christmas. 🙂
On the positive side, my golf is improving, I am getting fit and losing weight, I am trying to get a book published, am trying to prototype, patent and licence a worldwide-useful product that I have invented and am looking to sell a film idea. There’s nothing like a big life change to get you moving again!
Please send me a recent photo and tell me everything. There’s years to fill once again.
Have a lovely, blessed Christmas day and beyond.
My love, as always to you Sandy and all your family
Christian
Allo Sandra Hanks Benoiton.
Meilleurs Voeux / Compliments of the Season.
Much envy your having a White Christmas on the white sandy beach.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it is just a bit white with snow, and we are being blessed with temperatures slightly above zero. Somewhat colder than the
Seychelles eh?
hehe a very merry chritsmas my dear, though a late one, I love this, I was actully thinking of doing my version the night before christmas, but the inspiration never hit :p
Thanks, Bobby. What’s the temp in Norway these days?
Merry belated Christmas wishes, Sandra, and a most Happy new year to you and yours.
Would love to get together someday again.
Suzie B.
Thanks, Suzie. And, yes, that would be some moment, wouldn’t it?