Blitzen’s Funeral

The elves were there,

And Mrs. Claus

Santa recited “T'was The Night Before Christmas”

And Rudolf read the eulogy.

They bore him away on Santa’s sleigh,

“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer, and Vixen…

On, Comet! on, Cupid! on Donder, and ____ .”

Christian saints may live forever,

and elves may never die.

But not so caribou,

except in our hearts.

And in the minds of children,

ever eager to believe.