Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, may the blessings of the Lord shine upon you throughout the coming years. Tudie & Horace in Texas. 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (IN TEXAS THAT IS) 'Twas the night before Christmas in Texas, you know. Way out on the Prairie without any snow. Asleep in their cabin were Buddy and Sue, A dreamin' of Christmas like me and like you. Not stockings but boots at the foot of their bed, For this was in Texas what more need be said. When all of a sudden from out the still night, There came such a ruckus it gave me a fright. I saw across the prairie like a shot from a gun A loaded up buckboard come on at a run. The driver was geein' and hawin' with a will The horses, not reindeer he drove with such skill. "Come on there Buck, Tex , & Prince to the right There'll be plenty of travelin' for you'all tonight." The driver in levis and shirt that was red, Had a ten gallon Stetson on top of his head. As he stepped from the buckboard he was really a sight With his beard and moustaches so curly and white. As he burst in the cabin the children awoke Both so astonished that neither one spoke. And he filled up their boots with such presents galore That neither could think of a single thing more. When Buddy recovered the use of his jaws, He asked in a whisper, "Are you Santa Claus?" "Am I the real Santa? Well, what do you think?" And he smiled as he gave a mysterious wink. Then he leaped in his buckboard and called in a drawl, "To all children of Texas, Merry Christmas you'all (yawl)