Christmas Magic

something that happened a long time ago

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We’ve all heard the stories of the magical land:
Tales of Rudolph, Frosty and a jolly old man.
But part of the story that you may not know,
Is something that happened a long time ago.

It happened when Santa was still very young,
A sleigh full of orphans just out for some fun
They were rounding a corner far from the town,
When the wind started blowing and the snow falling down.

It was snowing so hard you could not see a thing,
So to keep up their spirits, they started to sing.
Now, what happened next is a mystery, they say.
For no one saw the basket blow off of the sleigh.

The basket was lifted high in the air,
Into the sky - With snow everywhere!
Blown miles and miles and miles from town,
Then coming to rest on the cold, winter ground.

It lay in the forest near a babbling creek,
When all of the animals came out for a peek.
Then what appeared was a luminous glow,
And out from the light stepped The Queen of the Snow.

She gazed at the child with the beautiful curl
“Oh my!” she said, “What a sweet little girl.”
She lifted her gently into her arms,
Whispered into her ear, “I will keep you from harm.”

“I will teach you the magic of the snow and the wind
For a day in the future when fate brings you him.”
The sweet little girl, as the years went on by
Became a beautiful woman with the passage of time.

One day she practicing making it snow,
When she heard a strange voice say, “Whoa Dasher, Whoa!”
She stepped from the forest so she could hear,
And saw a young man, a sleigh and reindeer.

She walked up to him and said, “Sir, don’t you know,”
“nobody lives here. This is the North Pole!”
He looked into her eyes with a twinkling smile
and said, “Finding such beauty was worth every mile.”

“I came all this way to build a shop to make toys
For all of the children - the good girls and boys.
There is so much sadness in the world of today;
I will try to bring happiness, at least for one day.”

“If just for one day, I could bring people smiles,
I would travel a hundred or thousand more miles!
But I like what I see at this place called North Pole,
Then his whole body shook as he said, ‘HO! HO! HO! HO!’”

She smiled and asked him, “All this by yourself?
I’m looking around; I don’t see any help.
Well, maybe there’s something that I can do,
Otherwise, you’ll grow old before you are through.”

But even with two, it’s just too much by ourselves.
So, she lifted her arms and “POOF!” hundreds of elves!
I will leave all of you to build the workshop,
Then return with some food when the sun starts to drop.”

Now the elves being magic had, by the end of the day,
Completed the workshop and a place for the sleigh,
A home with a fire, a place for the elves,
A stable for reindeer and a room full of shelves.

Then the princess returned with the sleigh piled high
Full of cakes and confections and tasty cream pies,
Brownies with frosting, both chocolate and plain -
There were even some candies shaped like a cane!

When finally they finished the entire feast,
They all went to bed and fell fast asleep.
The very next day the princess came back
With more of the same, so they all had a snack.

Then Santa said, “We must start making the toys
For all of the children - the good girls and boys.
I’m afraid if I’m going to deliver them all
It will take all of winter and straight into fall.”

I’ve only one sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
So it will take me some time, likely most of the year!
The princess just smiled, said, “Here, give them these.
Then patiently wait and soon you will see.”

He fed them the oats she had given to him,
Then all of the reindeer just started to grin.
They leaped in the air and flew all around,
Then landed back safely onto the white ground.

She smiled as she said, “Now, for you, this new suit.
It’s red and it’s black and it’s magic to boot.
I also placed magic around your old sleigh,
So now, the whole trip will take just one day!”

The handsome young man looked at her as he paused,
“My name is Kris Kringle. The kids call me Claus.
I could never repay you for all you have done,
Just having you here to share was such fun.”

They sat by the fire, sometime later that night,
When Kris looked at her and said, “Please, be my wife.”
The next day they were married, but not by themselves,
For they had hundreds to witness and all of them elves.

Now The Queen of the Snow looked down from the sky,
She wiped away tears as she said her good-bye.
She was never so happy for one orphan girl,
The sweet little baby with the beautiful curl……