Wonderful parody of The Night Before Christmas, on how Santa was temporarily thwarted by high-tech toys. And the marvelous thing is: this poem in its entirety is a perfect anagram of the original by Clement Moore. This anagram poem was written by Meyran Kraus, whose native language isnt even English! THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Twas the day after Christmas when Santa returned As there was a small thing that he wanted to learn: How his former short visit affected them all! He wished to see people just having a ball. He looked at each window in one vivid town... But his chipper mood died and he wore a grave frown. He saw no high spirits, not one celebration - Those people were NOT full of Christmas elation. They sat in each home with their faces all gray, And stared at their Wiis and their iPhones all day. The zombified children gaped blankly and drooled While playing the new Candy Crush or Bejeweled. They saw pets on Youtube (neglecting their own); Each finger ran furiously on a phone... This horror was harming their bodies and minds And their dolls and hobbies were now left behind! St. Nick had enough! He was mad, mad as hell! He rushed to his workshop and, furious, yelled: Just what are those hellish machines you call toys? It hurts the poor kids! Youre supposed to bring joy! From now on, the dang things that whiff of high-tech Shall just go through me, for a personal check. Ill fix this phenomenon once and for all... But Santa was wrong. This was not a good call. When he used one iPhone, he was really hooked! He sat gaping at Kindles with Stephen King books; He Tweeted and Flickred well into the night And Instagrammed selfies in chic black-and-white. After many months, Christmas was nigh yet again - But Santa still hadnt come out of his den! His worried elves knew Santa had to be weaned: It was time to unplug him from all his machines. They tied him with sashes and one fluffy bow While Santa was shaking there from head to toe; They had him drink milk until they were all sure That Santa, their hero, was finally cured. But he had an idea! Oh, he wasnt quite through. My dear elves, he said, theres one thing I should do. He showed them the mainframes he wanted to hack And then he commanded which ones to attack: Now Samsung! Now Sony! Now Apple! Now Dell! Now LG and Nokia! Now AOL! Upload all those viruses! Knock the lines down! It is high time we took out the techies in town! And it worked! Everybody then shouted Hurray... And something unusual happened that day. With no wi-fi available in the whole place, People actually started to talk FACE TO FACE! The kids walked outside for the first time in days Then, lo and behold - THEY ALL STARTED TO PLAY! They ran in the parks, throwing snowballs with glee - In short, they were being what children should be. Now Santa was chuffed to the hundredth degree: Both this town and himself were completely tech-free. There was no single hellish device in his base... Except for his iPad. You know, just in case. Source: anagrammy/forum/message/144296
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:02:45 +0000
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