CHRISTMAS IN JULY!?!

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New Prompt: Write a story or poem including the following words (bold them to make things easier for tomorrow's judge): snowman, elf, reindeer, wreath. However, the time frame of the story or poem must be July.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY?!?!

I looked outside my house; heard mischief in the yard!
Could not believe my eyes--just couldn't disregard
the festive lot of stuff just occupying space,,
and I don't need to say that it was OUT OF PLACE!
For, in my once-neat yard were decorations, vast.
Did not know where they're from, and I was fuming, fast.
Was not prepared, you see, for Christmas in JULY.
I had ENOUGH last year; this made me want to cry!
The characters were there--they even brought a wreath!
It really was a shock--it made me grind my teeth!
There was a tiny elf, atop a tall reindeer,
led on by a snowman; he wouldn't let me near!
I found myself enraged; I took right to my bed
and left my visitors for a good book, instead!