The Dasher and Dancer Story

Once upon a long winter’s night,

dawn’s gentle snow had strengthened by twilight,

creating a vast blanket of twinkling whites.

  Through a full moon and the northern star,

a magical illusion appeared from afar.

A red suited elf in a sleigh came into sight,

crossing the sky with eight reindeer in flight.

Only I and a cardinal saw the airborne team,

so in my sleepy haze I enjoyed the dream,

 but when I woke,

 I found under the tree,

  a present marked from Santa Claus to me!