The Real Night Before Christmas

Admin Thu 24 Dec 2009, 12:48 pm

The REAL Night Before Christmas
(By Parents)

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house I searched for
the tools to hand to my spouse

Instructions were studied and we were inspired, in hopes we could manage
Some Assembly Required."

The children were quiet (not asleep) in their beds, while Dad and I faced
the evening with dread: a kitchen, two bikes, Barbie's townhouse to boot!
And now, thanks to Grandpa, a train with a toot!

We opened the boxes, my heart skipped a beat - let no parts be missing or
parts incomplete!

Too late for last-minute returns or replacement; if we can't get it right,
it goes straight to the basement! When what to my worrying eyes should
appear but 50 sheets of directions, concise, but not clear,

With each part numbered and every slot named, so if we failed, only we could
be blamed. More rapid than eagles the parts then fell out, all over the
carpet they were scattered about.

"Now bolt it! Now twist it! Attach it right there! Slide on the seats, and
staple the stair! Hammer the shelves, and nail to the stand." "Honey," said
hubby, "you just glued my hand."

And then in a twinkling, I knew for a fact that all the toy dealers had
indeed made a pact to keep parents busy all Christmas Eve night with
assembly required" till morning's first light.

We spoke not a word, but kept bent at our work, till our eyes, they went
blurry; our fingers all hurt. The coffee went cold and the night, it wore
thin before we attached the last rod and last pin.

Then laying the tools away in the chest, we fell into bed for a
well-deserved rest. But I said to my husband just before I passed out, "This
will be the best Christmas, without any doubt.

Tomorrow we'll cheer, let the holiday ring, and not run to the store for one
single thing! We did it! We did it! The toys are all set for the perfect,
most magical, Christmas, I bet!"

Then off to dreamland and sweet repose I gratefully went, though I suppose
there's something to say for those self-deluded- I'd forgotten that
BATTERIES are never included!

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