An elf poem for Christmas?
As I was buying up my selection of virtual i-Tunes gift vouchers to give away to friends and family, it struck me that these gifts don’t actually exist. At least not in the physical sense.
Which got me wondering what the elves must think about that? Which got me talking to the kids about it. Which got us writing a poem about it from the point of view of a Christmas Elf.
So here’s our little seasonal gift for you: an elf poem for Christmas. It’s home made and seasonal and a poem is real right? Even if it is delivered virtually. I hope you enjoy it and have a happy and peaceful holiday.
The Elf of Christmas Present
I read your letter to my boss Santa.
He passed it on after scanning your list
for anything special, or specialist.
Scrawled or unsigned, spoilt or unlined,
with my M.Sc. in calligraphy
handwritten lists don’t worry me.
I worked through your letter beginning “Dear Santa.”
(They almost always begin with this
and then they turn into a shopping list.)
To be very candid, you could try and craft it
a haiku or tweet would be enough
to be different from ‘Just give me stuff!’
Your likes and your wants? They’re different these days;
the new ways of living and modern technology
brought widescale redundancy in the toy factory.
We elves won’t go viral, have no truck with Pay Pal
we don’t make your books since the rise of the Kindle
we once made your music but that’s gone to Apple.
Barbie, Monopoly, Twilight the Trilogy
just can’t compete with the Fire from Amazon
a Red Letter Day, or your magazine subscription.
E-bay may yet take us out of recession
but till then please keep toys and games on your wish list
or I’ll soon be gone from the run up to Christmas.
by Kirstie, Matthew and Cameron Wickes
Happy Christmas from the Family Adventure Project
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