TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

AND ALL THROUGH THE BASE

NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING

NOT EVEN AN "ACE"!!!

THE MEN WERE ALL DRUNK

AND PASSED OUT ON THE GROUND

WHILE OzZIGGY'S RABBIT

WAS HOPPING AROUND!!!

KOKO WAS SNUGGLED

ASLEEP IN HER BED

WHILE VISIONS OF PILOTS

FLEW IN HER HEAD!!!

THE OLD AND THE NEW

THEY DID BATTLE IN FLIGHT

WHILE SHE AWAITED THE OUTCOME

WITH GREAT DELIGHT!!!

SHE DREAMED OF THOSE PILOTS

WHO FLEW OUT BUT NOT BACK

AND THE ONES WHO GOT LUCKY

AND WERE SENT HOME WITH THEIR PACKS!!!

THE ONES THAT WERE ON PASS

AND THE ONES THAT STILL FLEW

SHE DREAMED OF THEM ALL

AS THE COLD WINDS BLEW!!!

WHEN OUT ON THE FIELD

THERE CAME A GREAT ROAR

THE HOUSE STARTED SHAKING

FROM HORSEPOWER GALORE!!!

KOKO AWOKE WITH A START

AND JUMPED FROM HER BED

SHE RAN TO THE WINDOW

AND STUCK OUT HER HEAD!!!

SHE LOOKED WITH A GASP

AT WHO SHOULD APPEAR

IT WAS SANTA GREGORY

IN CAMOUFLAGE GEAR!!!

QUICK AS A WINK

HE CAME IN THROUGH THE DOOR

KOKO HANDED HIM A DRINK

AND HE ASKED FOR ONE MORE!!!

HE SAID;

"I GOT YOUR CHRISTMAS LETTER

AND READ IT ALL THROUGH

GAVE IT SOME THOUGHT

AND HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO"

"YOUR WISHES I'LL GRANT

AND BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TOO

YOUR HEADING BACK TO COCONUT ISLAND

WHERE THERES MORE PILOTS FOR YOU"

"NOW ONE MORE DRINK

THEN I REALLY MUST GO

OR ELSE THAT OL' SPIT

WILL BE STUCK FAST IN THE SNOW"

AND WITH A NOD AND A GRIN

AND HIS CHEEKS ALL A FLUSH

OUT INTO THE SNOW

HE RAN WITH A RUSH!!!

TO HIS SPIT HE WENT

AS FAST AS HE COULD GO

A SLIPPING AND SLIDING

IN THE WET MUSHY SNOW!!!

HE CLIMBED IN AND SAT DOWN

AND WITH A TOUCH OF HIS HAND

THE MERLIN SPRAND TO LIFE

AS ONLY A MERLIN CAN!!!

AND SHE HEARD HIM EXCLAIM

AS HE ROARED OFF INTO THE NIGHT

"MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

AND TO ALL A GOOD FLIGHT!!!"