A Christmas Poem

Here is a Christmas poem that I wrote for you guys and gals. Have a Merry one!:

The Christmas Train
by R.Hoffman

Twas the night before Christmas,
And under the tree,
Not a creature was stirring,
Except for poor little me,

I was trying my hand,
At getting the holiday train to run,
I assure you quite quickly,
I was having no fun,

I put it on the tracks,
And then gave it power,
I tried and I tried,
For over an hour,

It started to hum,
It started to spark,
It started to smoke,
But it just sat their in park,

I cleaned all the tracks,
I cleaned the contacts too,
I pushed it and shoved it,
And really hadn't a clue,

It was right then,
That I realized my ploy,
There was to be no train,
For my poor little boy,

But just at that moment,
In all my despair,
A Jolly red elf,
Appeared out of air,

I looked at the man,
And he looked at me,
And then he spoke,
"Let me have a look-see!",

"I see your problem,
Here it is there,
It is made by a manufacturer,
That just didn't care"

"I'll fix that for you,
and here you go!"
And to my surprise,
He gave me a set from Kato!,

I set the train down,
Right upon the tracks,
Then Santa gave,
The old throttle a crack,

And around the train went,
And it was quiet and smooth,
I would have kept it for me,
But it was for my boy to use,

I thanked Santa good,
I shook the man's hand,
Then he told me this line,
That made me real glad,

"You get what you pay for,
This is unfortunately true,
If you want a good train,
A "toy" just will not do!"

"You want something as fine,
As a ship in a bottle,
Don't buy a toy,
Buy a Precision Model!"

He winked at me once,
and then he was no longer here,
But I saw him take off,
And he called at his reindeer,

"On Kato, on Bachmann,
on Lifelike and Atlas,
Home Bowser, on Athearn,
on Heljan and Preiser!"

And at that moment,
I all at once knew,
That just like me,....
Santa was a Model Railroader Too!!

The last thing he told me,
As he disappeared in the night,
was "Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!"

 

There really are some nice people in Queens!

 

Awww, thanks Wayne. Thanks Bob. Let me reiterate and once again wish you all a merry and healthy holiday season!

Russ

 

Nice poem, I appreciated it. I past it on to some of my friends.

 

Thanks Rick! I hope that you had a Merry Christmas!

Russ