Reindeer on the Rooftop

Reindeer on the Rooftop

Ho-ho ho, now hold on…Santa’s in a mess!

Delivering toys this time of year can really give you stress

 

Santa’s sleigh was Christmas-cruising through the frosty skies

When Rudolph’s nose blinked red and that is when the SatNav died

Dasher starts complaining saying, look the maps won’t load,

While Prancer’s on his tablet setting to low-power mode

Santa phones the North Pole, saying “Help we’ve got a glitch!”

And Elves shout “You need WIFI, so turn on the router switch!”

 

Every rooftop signal bounces off the snow

Now Santa doesn’t know which way the sleigh should go

 

Reindeer on the rooftop are freaking out tonight

Now Santa needs to send the toys, without the satellite

Spinning around in circles at midnight in the sky

Cause Prancer’s failed to log the Boss into sleigh’s Wi-Fi

Santa shouts “Re-boot! Re-boot well this is just insane!”

While Elves shout “Turn the router off, then turn it on again”

 

Snowflakes drop like pixel art, blanking out the screen

The Wi-Fi just won’t start tonight, through problems unforeseen

 

Comet’s checking broadband as he’s sorting out the toys

While Cupid’s Gangnam dancing now, for all the girls and boys

Vixen logs on YouTube, to try to find a fix

As Blitzen’s trashed the cookies so to clear that box of tricks

Santa mutters quietly, “Oh ,this is not the plan…”

Says Mrs. Claus on “WhatsApp “Pull yourself together, man!”

 

The North Star’s blinking wildly like a loading bar

While reindeer dance in circles, just like they’re podcast stars.

 

Santa kicks the sleigh and says, “You piece of junk restart…”

Then dashboard lights come on again, at last we found a chart!

Wi-Fi up and running now at lightning speed tonight

We’ve finally found a login, and we got the password right

Rudolph’s nose glowing green again just like an “Online” light

So ho ho Merry Christmas, to everyone tonight

Now Santa's back on the Wi-Fi, everything’s alright

Don McBeth




 

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