Oh alright, tell me I’m crazy, who cares!….LOL
I happened while checking emails late into the wee hours of early morning and came across Susanna’s blog, about her 2nd Annual Holiday Contest!!! Oh well I am already sleep deprived, this should be interesting, thinks me. I’ll have a go, and what’s worse I’ll do it in rhyme….. sorry all you lovely poets and rhymers out there. Here goes…
Gungho Kiwi Jingle
Gliding across the lake
In a waka manned by nine
Oars rippling a wake
Rowing, heaving in time.
Voices lift in song
To a Maori warriors chant
Ole Santa, couldn’t sit still for long
Over the side he went.
Oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Dripping wet, wrings out his beard
empting his boots full of seaweed.
Oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Dripping wet, wrings out his beard
empting his boots full of seaweed.
In a park far away
Children laughed and played
On helicopter Santa makes his way
Children danced with pois they’d made.
Throwing sweets in the air
Children squealed with delight
By the barbeque Santa singed his hair
His face bright red from fright.
Oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Smelling of smoke coughing ho, ho
munching on sausages instead.
Oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Smelling of smoke, coughing ho, ho
munching on sausages instead.
oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Christmas is summertime here
As the Pohutukawa blooms.
Oh
Poor ole Santa, in his bulging suit
Sweat streaming down his face
Still manages to smile bringing good cheer
To all the boys and girls
Yep! and I kept it original Kiwi…. enjoy! 🙂
Writer and Dreamer at work 
A masterful, Maori Christmas tale, Diane. This is fabulous!
lol… thankyou Joanna, you are too, too kind, either that or it’s late in the day…lol. It was kinda hard trying to work a Maori chant into a christmas theme…lol.
Nice! I like it! Poor Santa! At least he still brings Christmas cheer! 🙂
That’s right Erik! …LOL. thank you for commenting.
Very funny! Would like to see what a Pohutukawa bloom looks like!
lol… thankyou Julie. Pohutukawa is our national christmas flower. See the picture at the top of the story. If you google image, pohutukawa, you will see all the beautiful red flowered trees which line our shores and many streets. Thankyou for commenting.
Ha- that’s what I get for reading the email first!
LOVE your twist on Christmas, Diane, – Maori and Kiwi! 🙂 I will have to go and google “waka” to see what kind of boat that is, and practice spelling Pohutukawa and then I will have learned some new things! 🙂 What a clever, creative, and original story! Thanks so much for joining the fun! 🙂
lol… your very welcome Susanna, and thankyou for your very kind words. 🙂
Love it!! Very creative and funny.
Thankyou Darlene.
I love the National Christmas flower. A very clever take on the contest challenge!
Thankyou for your comment Laura.
Glad you added a Maori twist to your poem Diane! Love it when you share New Zeland’s culture in your work. Such a fun poem!
lol…. thankyou Pat. It wasn’t easy and a very rushed job so late in the evening….. Wasn’t sure if it worked really…lol.
I love the image of Santa being rowed to a Maori warriors chant! This is original and so much fun!
Thankyou very much for your lovely comment, Deborah. You are too kind.
That is super awesome kiwi style. Bravo Diane!
LOL…. Oh my! I am no poet Catherine, lucky I had some sort of rythme to go by…lol. Thankyou for you lovely coment.
I love the twist to the poem, and I think Santa must have loved the change in hemisphere even with the heat and sweat! 🙂
LOL…. thankyou very much, moonduster! You are too kind. Poor ole Santa, its getting warmer here now summer has arrived..LOL.
Liked the Maori addition to the contest, Diane — now let’s see you dancing with the pois…
LOL…. Oh sure, sure, sure….. Thankyou Beth….LOL.
Poor Santa — his North Pole attire really doesn’t fit in down there, does it? Fun story, Diane!
LOL…. no it doesn’t really. Some have been known to donn speedo’s instead…LOL. But didn’t think that fitted in with this being a kid friendly poem…LOL. thanks Carrie.
Diane…I LOVE this…another creative look at a summertime-type Christmas. Love the Maori oarsmen…and the BBQ feast that got too smoky. 🙂
LOL… Thankyou very much for your enthusiastic comment, Vivian. Thankyou. 🙂
Tee-hee! I love this sausage-munching Kiwi Santa! But get that man a bathing suit, quick! 🙂
lol…. Well BBQs are everywhere on Christmas day. Beaches, parks, backyards, outside front of shops etc…. cooking up a storm…lol. Yeah some Santa’s do turn up in speedo’s …lol. Thanks Renee.
Fantastic Diane 🙂 Love your Kiwi take on the challenge.
LOL… Aww thankyou Melissa for you comment. 🙂
Lovely, Diane, fresh and original. Makes me remember my 7 yrs. living on Maui, HI. Missing me some poi!
LOL.. wow! you lived there…. cool! thankyou for your lovely comment, Linda.
I’m always impressed by those who can bust out a rhyme so quickly!
Thankyou very much for your lovely coment Lauri. Nice to see you here.
That poor old Santa is a real trooper – still managing to bring good cheer to children in spite of his sweat and misfortune. Thanks for sharing your late night imagination and fun spirit.
Aww… thankyou alanye for your lovely words. Isn’t old Santa great…lol.
Haha, poor ole’ Santa indeed! What an adventure!
I was also up late typing. I actually had the whole thing written and ready to post, and then had one of those middle of the night “brain bursts” and couldn’t get back to sleep until I got up and basically rewrote what I had already done. Oh well. The sacrifices we make! 🙂
lol… oh my! it seems inspiration arrives at the most unusual times…lol. Thankyou for your lovely comment.
Haha, what fun this was to read Diane. Poor Santa could catch a break. Yet through it all he makes us happy. Again, fun read Diane!
Thanks Pamela, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your coments.
Love your Polynesian take on Jingle bells, Diane! Only a traveler would do such a thing. Unless you were from Mauri to begin with I guess. Do you get readers from there? 🙂
LOl…. thankyou Clar. Not sure, don’t thinks so *shrug* Thanks for commenting.
How original and creative! Well done.
I like the way it ends. Good ol’ Santa. 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
thankyou so much Cheryl, call in anytime!
So, that’s why santa has a cherry red nose and says hoho! What fun details for poor, unprepared Santa. I really enjoyed your jingle.
aww… thankyou Anna. Glad you liked it.
I like it kiwi style. I hope you have a cool Christmas!
lol… thankyou Stacy. I hope you have a great Christmas with family and friends. See ya in 2013.
Poor Santa! I hope you aren’t sweating too much this Christmas. I loved you poem.
lol… aww thankyou Hannah. I hope not to be sweating too much either…lol. Have a great Christmas.
Now that was fun!! Poor Santa may need a few wardrobe changes :•) Great job, Diane!
Merry Christmas!
Aww… Thankyou Penny. Yeah, poor ole Santa…lol. You have a great Christmas Penny.