From Santa Claus in Bernard Star

__________'Twas the Night Before Christmas__________

`Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the moon base,
Not a creature was stirring
In the silence of Space.
The moonboots were hung by the airlock with care
In hopes that St. Nicolas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of daifuku danced in their heads.
And Ma in her PJ's and I in my cap
Had just settled down for a long Lunar nap.
When from the motion detector there arose such a clatter
That I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
To the monitoring room I flew like a flash,
Shut off that alarm (it made such a terrible clash).
The Earth in the sky was full and aglow
So I could see quite clearly, and the dust looked like snow.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But a miniature sleigh and nine tiny reindeer,
And each in a hard-suit! Now, that took wit!
And I knew that their driver could be none but St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came.
I tuned in to his frequency and heard him exclaim,
"Now Dasher! now Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet! on Cupid! on Donder and Blitzen!
Lead on, Rudolph! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

Xenophile (who wrote this about two years ago, and never finished it,
just like everything else :( )