Cruise themed Christmas poems

[Calker]

Found these poems over the last few years and thought you might enjoy them.

 

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

 

'Twas the night before Christmas and far out at sea

Our vessel was sailing as smooth as could be

 

The stockings were hung from the balcony chairs

With hope that St. Nicholas would find them out there

 

The children were nestled all snug in their uppers

Having just settled down from a Christmas Eve supper

 

And ma and myself, we were covered in aloe

A bit too much sun, in a pool nice and shallow

 

When up in the sky there arose such a clatter

I leapt from my bed to see what was the matter

 

To the sliding glass door, I flew like a flash

Well, more like a saunter, and less like a dash

 

When, what to my skeptical eyes should appear

But a big shiny sleigh and eight flying reindeer

 

They circled our ship from starboard to port

And the moon lit the driver, a jolly old sort

 

Who called to his team in a happy retort,

"Now Dasher, now Dancer," so on and so forth

 

I raced through my cabin and into the hall

To the very top deck, in time for us all

 

To be awed by the sight of Old Santa's sleigh

As he lightly touched down by the midnight buffet

 

With a bundle of goodies thrown over his back

He climbed up the side and dropped down the smokestack

 

From insides to ocean views, balconies, suites

Santa filled every stocking with toys and with treats

 

Until all the deliveries had been handled with care

Then he noted he still had a minute to spare

 

So he surfed the Surf Park, with nary a fall

While Dasher and Dancer scaled the rock-climbing wall

 

And Prancer, who was actually fond of the cold

Tried the ice-skating rink, a sight to behold

 

And then with a whistle, Santa summoned his team

And he bade us farewell, silent nights and sweet dreams

 

And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of view

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good cruise.

 

 

 

 

By: Alan Fox, *************.com

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"Twas The Night Before Cruising"

(with apologies to Clement C. Moore)

 

'Twas the night before cruising and in our hotel,

The kids were all hyper, the eight "darlings" from Hell.

The bags were all packed and ready to go,

We'd paid a small fortune to escape winter snow.

 

Morning came quickly and at ten on the nose,

In our suitcases we hid all the booze in our clothes.

And Ma in her flip-flops and I in my Crocs,

Corralled all the kids to head for the docks.

 

When boarding the ship, we heard such a fuss.

"Let us on early, cuz we're Diamond Plus!

We round up the rugrats and tell them to pose

For 8X10 glossies....We'll pay through the nose!

 

We check our room number and head for our suite.

There we meet "Stuart", he'll keep our room neat.

He'll leave us all chocolates, towel bunnies galore,

We've even brought streamers to cover our door!

 

We hear a loud warning and Stuart gets flustered.

Ma is refusing to go for the "Mustard."

An egg crate is promised, if she'll follow the rules.

"Just put on your vest. We ALL look like fools!"

 

Now Matthew, Now Nicholas, Now Sean and DJ.

And Joey, And Will, And Emily and Alan.

"Adult Pool Only" reads the sign on the wall.

But splash away, splash away, splash away all!

 

Evening has fallen, it's time to get ready.

Traditional dining. "Our waiters named Freddy."

Decked in our glitter, like a moll and a mobster,

We sit in our places demanding our lobster.

 

Dining is over, we head for the show.

Ten places to save, in the front row.

The kids aren't around, "Who really cares?"

They're out in the hallway and playing on stairs.

 

We round up the brood and head for our suite.

What fun we've all had. Day one is complete.

The kids are all snoring. We're sure they're asleep.

Ma's feeling frisky. To the balcony we creep.

 

"Brace yourself Ma!" I shout with delight.

"Let's try for another in the moonlight."

The quickie is over, we sneak back to bed.

I think of tomorrow and what lies ahead.

 

I plan to rise early and be out the door.

Ten deck chairs to save. (We'll only use four.)

Buffet for breakfast, we'll cut into line.

The kids will be hungry, and starting to whine.

 

Ten days have gone by. It's over I fear.

But from other guests, I hear a loud cheer!

With the holidays over, we're all out of booze.

"HAPPY SAILING TO ALL. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT CRUISE!!!!!!"

[mamawsnest]

Enjoyed them! Thanks.

[Genesis803]

So funny! Thanks for sharing.

[I love my cat Licky]

Last year during our Christmas cruise, I had found the first poem that you posted, printed it and laminated it for each of our family's cabin doors.

 

This year, I am cruising 2 weeks before Christmas, but next year, I am sailing on the Breeze during Christmas and it will definitely be on my cabin door again.