Friday, July 25, 2008

Twas Christmas In July

TWAS LATE IN JULY
AND ALL THROUGH THE STATION
PEOPLE SCURRIED ABOUT
WITHOUT FOOD OR HYDRATION

THEY WERE HARD AT WORK
THERE WAS SO MUCH TO DO
SECRETLY THEY HUDDLED
THAT "BEHIND THE SCENES" CREW

IT WAS SKIPPY, RICK, JOE, RUSTY, BRENDA
AND SOME GUY NAMED TED
THEY WERE MESSING WITH SONG LOGS
THEY WERE LAYING DOWN BEDS

IT WAS STEAMY HOT OUTSIDE
BUT WE COULD ALL SENSE THE CHILL
OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT
GUARANTEED TO BRING A THRILL

LISTENERS WERE UNSUSPECTING
OF WHAT LAY AHEAD
ROUSED BUT CONFUSED
THEY SUDDENLY ROSE FROM THEIR BEDS

WAS THAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC THEY HEARD
COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR?
OR WAS IT AN ILLUSION
CAUSED BY TOO MANY BEERS?

THEY SHOOK OFF THE DELUSION
DENIAL AND DISBELIEF,
AND SUDDENLY THEY REALIZED
WITH A BOLD SENSE OF RELIEF

WHY IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY
DONE IN WDOK STYLE
THEY CHUCKLED AS THEY HEARD SONGS
THEY HADN'T HEARD IN A WHILE

THEIR FEET STARTED TAPPING
THEY ALL STARTED HUMMING
EXCITED AND HAPPY
FOR THEY KNEW MORE WAS COMING

IT WAS THAT JOLLY YOUNG ELF
KNOWN TO MANY AS TRAPPER JACK
WHO HAD PATIENTLY WAITED MONTHS
TO BRING CHRISTMAS BACK

LISTENER SPIRITS SOARED
SUMMER DOLDRUMS WERE LIFTED
AND THAT'S WHEN TRAPPER STARTED SHARING
HOW THEY ALL COULD BE GIFTED

JUST GO TO WDOK DOT COM
TO WIN CHRISTMAS TREES OR A FREE DINNER
FIND TRAPPER IN A SANTA HAT
AND YOU COULD BE A WINNER!

HE GAVE AWAY TICKETS AND PRESENTS
AND ALL THAT HE COULD
AND HE MURMURED TO OTHERS
THIS FEELS SO DARN GOOD

CHRISTMAS IN JULY
IT FINALLY WAS HERE
TRAPPER DABBED HIS EYES AND SAID
"LET'S DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR"!

3 Comments:

At 6:34 AM, Blogger Jane P. said...

Thank you for making this "A Wonderful Life" day! I just enjoyed listening to Bing and David and danced around the office to "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." I'd play Christmas songs all year! You're poem is great too! Keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas!!!

 
At 7:09 AM, Blogger Santa's Claus-et said...

I so thrilled that you're celebrating Christmas in July! I live in Cleveland, but own a "year-round" Christmas store, Santa's Claus-et (www.santasclaus-et.com) in the Arts & Craft Community in Gatlinburg, TN. In my life, it's Christmas everyday! Thanks for spreading the spirit...I still believe!

 
At 8:23 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your morning show kept me laughing all the way to work and I absolutely love the poem!

Thank you for making it a quick drive.

 

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