The Night Before Christmas

'The Night Before Christmas' by Jamie Wrench

by Jamie Wrench 19th December 2014

(or ‘A Visit from St Paul’)

(Not to be confused with ‘A Visit from St Nicholas’ attributed to Clement Clarke Moore)

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Friends House
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
Thanks to new insulation I heard not a thing
Till the silence was pierc’d by a telephone’s ring.

So down to reception I crept with my book
(It’s red – QFP – and it’s well worth a look).
But before I had time to discover the phone
The caller hung up – I was left all alone.