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Writing Workshop – Childhood Christmas

16th December 2010 By Susan Mann 5 Comments

This is my entry for the lovely Josie’s Writing Workshop over at Sleep is for the Weak.

This week I choose a Childhood Christmas from Josie’s list of prompts. This is a poem about what stick’s out most about my Christmas’ when I was little.

Rudolph Bites Your Toes

I won’t sleep,
I can’t sleep,
I’m waiting to hear those jingle bells.

Santa won’t come until I’m asleep,
How will he know?
I’ll close my eyes.

I can’t step out of bed,
I try to prod my stocking with my foot,
Quickly pulling it back under the covers.

I have to keep my toes in tight,
For fear he may try to bite,
The one with the red nose in sight.

Sleep finally claims me,
I wake up, wriggling my toes,
To make sure Rudolph didn’t have a nibble.

All intact, I jump up,
My stocking bulging full with toys,
Excitedly running to my parents room.

I open the stocking with eyes so wide,
I’m not going back to sleep,
Santa’s been, let’s go see…

Hope you enjoyed my story, why not check out the rest of the entries over at Sleep is for the weak.
This post is protected under copyright. SusankMann 2009 – 2014

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Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Childhood Christmas Memories, Rudolph

Comments

  1. Domestic Goddesque says

    17th December 2010 at 7:44 am

    This brought back clear memories of how I felt when I was little. Brilliant!

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  2. Herding Cats says

    17th December 2010 at 10:19 am

    Wonderful poem, so full of anxious excitment!

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  3. emmylou says

    17th December 2010 at 5:22 pm

    Wow, I loved this!!! Fabulous. xxx

    Reply
  4. elainescott77 says

    17th December 2010 at 9:38 pm

    aw I love this Susan, reminds me of when I was scared in case santa knew i was awake and i wouldnt get anything hehe – great work xx

    Reply
  5. (mostly) yummy mummy says

    18th December 2010 at 7:21 pm

    So full of excitement – love it! x

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