Hi everyone. Merry Christmas to many overseas already. Soon enough for those of us on this side of the pond. This year, I read aloud my "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. One take… well, two on the first few verses because I forgot to turn off my phone and there was a rather large "DROID" in the middle of things. 😉
Thanks to +Kristi Fahlsing for her assistance with this and telling me my hair looked fine. 😉
Also, apologies in advance because I do not know how to pronounce everyone's names. And… +Sheila Garl. Next time. You'll see. Argh.
The text, if you care to read along:
Twas the nightÂ
Before Christmas
When all through G+
Not a plusser was surfing
Not a click of a mouse
The posts were all written
And stored in DoShare
In hopesÂ
Chrome stayed running
To publish from there
The circles were nestled
All safe in their beds
While +Carrie Canup carols
Danced in their heads
+Kristi Fahlsing in kerchief
And I in my cap,Â
Had just settled down
For a long winters nap
When in our notifies
There arose such a clatter
I sprang to my laptop
To see what was the matter
After rebooting windows
Due to problems with flash
I logged in to my profile
To see who had spazzed
Perhaps +Mar Mai had posted
A newly drawn pic
Or someone
Had thanked her and
Been glomped to death
It must not have been that
For there was nothing
To see
Of +Damian Sanchez's
Epic Manly Man Squee
Maybe Elf +Kyla MyersÂ
Who's known to be sweet
But when notÂ
Making cakes
Has a huge ornery streak
Perhaps Canadian #Dropbears
From Miss +Mellie BÂ
Or Overlord +Halfdan ReschatÂ
Pasting shark fluffy
With macaroni.
The Usual Suspects…
Now +Keith CramerÂ
+Scott DÂ
+Rhonda StewartÂ
And +Caroline EvebettyÂ
On +Chris MalloryÂ
+Yoon-Mi KimÂ
+Eduardo Rodriguez CalzadoÂ
And +Andrew Clifton-BrownÂ
So many to tag, let's go another round!
Now +Kimberly ChapmanÂ
+Bill Abrams of #WerdGame
+Jim GomesÂ
+Allen SimpsonÂ
And +Lacerant PlainerÂ
On +Kimberly AllenÂ
+Melissa BryanÂ
And +Amanda Rachelle WarrenÂ
To the top
Of What's Hot
To the top
Relevant spot
If something's gone crazy
One of you
I will spot
And what was that?
Ninja Bunnies
Or Vikings I spy?
Definitely +Mary C.'sÂ
Modus operandi
So up
To a hangout
Of course
I then flew
To check +Charlie HooverÂ
This notify storm
Just might be his brew
And then
In a twinkling
I heard on the roof
#10MinuteHero s
and Villains
All my photoshop goofs
With a host of +Dirk Reul eksÂ
More fearsome than trolls
Commenting "I wan chat you"
In shirtless troll droves.
The crazy Italain
+Salvio Giglio in lead
As if all of my mash-ups
had jumped from my screen
They looked even more viral than
Dare it, I say
#InternationalTakeAPictureUnderYourDeskDay
With +Jo LaneÂ
Important it was
To try and communicate
Thank goodness for Google
And Google translate
His drawl little mouth
Was drawn up like a bow
As I tried to type something
In Italian he'd know
Was it +Mz MaauÂ
Who set you up on this quest
Her alien origin
Might not be in jest!
Or am I being punked
With +matthew rappaport flair
Gathering material
For his Hangouts on Air
He scrolled back in my stream
Page after page
Hey Google, next year
A better search function
Could be all the rage
A wink of his eye
And a twist of his head
He pulled up a post
Which I expanded and read
The last time I tried
To tag each plus friend
I'd been horribly remiss
And forgot +Jenn KirklandÂ
Oh Jen I am sorry!
I hope you're not pissed
That to make it up this time
I made you the villainess!
And of course to avoid future mishaps
Though surely there'll be some I forget
Tagging +Emilio BoronaliÂ
+Laurie MÂ
+Bearman CartoonsÂ
and +Kari TedrickÂ
And now I exclaim
As I share this tonight
Happy Christmas to all
And to all a Good Night!
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This. Is. EPIC!
Agree with +Annette Holland EPIC
+Scott Cramer today's winner of the interwebz!
Dear Scott all the best to you and your sweet Kristy, your wonderful family! Thanks for all the wonderful moments of fun you gave us. For me to have a friend near and far at the same time, made ??me feel less than the weight of my many problems! Scott you're a really nice person: generous, intelligent and sensitive! I am honored to have known you and one day I hope to do four chiaccher with you in person! I embrace you and I wish you a peaceful Christmas and serene!
Ornery? Me?
Epicness of epic proportions.
Awe. Very sweet +Salvio Giglio! Merry Christmas to you and +Nunzia Nullo too!
+Damian Sanchez no squee??
You are beyond awesome for this. Â I agree with +Damian Sanchez… you definitely win!
Merry Christmas to you, your family, and the rest of this amazing g+ crew! Â <3
Merry Christmas +Scott Cramer, this was so cool thanks for doing this! 🙂
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Epic Manly Man Squee!!!
Fantastic +Scott Cramer ! Thanks for a great Christmas time story reading. Cheers, my friend. Peace and happiness to you and yours.
AMAZING – so much SHINY goodness! Thank you & a very MERRY CHRISTMAS again 😀
Merry Christmas to all of you 😀
Simply #Awesome I can't say much more!
+Scott Cramer such #awesomesauce  loves it!
Allons-y +Scott Cramer. And thank you for the mention 🙂
Great Googles Ghost this is awesome! =)
+Scott Cramer Thank you for putting so much effort into pleasing us. It really is admirable and appreciated. Happy tomorrow! The best to Kristy and the Cramer clan.
What +Damian Sanchez said.
Merry Christmas! 🙂
Was gonna do a parody similar to this, but, now I don't have to and I imagine that your version is oodles better than I could have come up with! Excellent job!
Happy happy to all
what's in the glass?? lol, or do I already know?
EPIC-NESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHRISTMAS GLOMP!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my gosh your talent is amazing!! Hats off to you!!!
Nice bro! I knew something was going to be coming, just wasn't sure what! Â
I was hoping to see you chug the milk and finish with a milk-stache!
Thanks all! Love doing stuff like this, but always feel bad when I realize how many people that I miss mentioning! Have already spotted a few in these comments and I guess I'd better start keeping a list for Easter.
Big shout out to +Charlie Hoover and +Carrie Canup too, who were working on a similar parody but did not know I had this in the queue. If you tell me Carrie was going to sing it, I'm going to feel like a chump!
Oh… and in the glass? Milk!!! Skim. 😉
Chugging the milk would have been awesome, bro! I had, like, two minutes to finish and post before a dinner reservation; and I would not have been able to post until late. I noticed I flubbed up the second to last stanza. I think I forgot the word forget. Irony!
I was only going to read the poem! Parodied of course!
+Scott Cramer when you get back from dinner chug skim milk until you puke
Brillo I'm mentioned! Happy alien dance. Wonderful poem, I couldn't have thought of anything more fitting and appropriate!! 🙂
Thanks and o/ +Scott Cramer !
Err… thanks +Bearman Cartoons! It will be a Japanese Steakhouse Skim Milk Extravaganza!!! My first Christmas imagery. Blurp
Be sure that you record and post too.
+Lacerant Plainer Apologies if I butchered your name in the reading!
+Scott Cramer nah it's good 🙂
Scott!!! This is amazing. No, you are amazing! Merriest of christmases to you my friend 🙂
+Scott Cramer You're definitively #1 !
Me.. commenting? How dare you >_>
Oh well, thank you Scott, this is amazing and made my morning 🙂Â
Merry Christmas to you and +Kristi Fahlsing along with all your loved ones.
Oh heard it once more – I'm not worthy!
I LOVE this so much!!! Brilliantly done master Scott!! ~( _ _ )~ <3<3<3
I would say more on just how awesome this is and how much it made me smile with gleeful delight at the cleverness of you… But I think I hear Santa now and must scurry off to my bed so as not to get caught this time. ;D
Cheers and BRAVO +Scott Cramer!!!
#vikingbunnyninjastampofapproval
And Merrrrrrrrrrrrrry Christmas to you and yours!!! <3
merry christmas Indiana 😉 +Keith Cramer +Kristi Fahlsing
Wow! Merry Christmas +Scott Cramer!! This is incredible!! 😀
Merry Christmas to you and your family +Dirk Reul!
Merry Christmas France +Caroline Evebetty!
Hi +Kristi Fahlsing happy Xmas! 😀
You too +Salvio Giglio!
I heard the poem recited by Scott! very beautiful!
Awesome +Scott Cramer
Merry christmas
Awww THANK YOU Dear Sir!! & while I'm a bit late I LOVED your version & hope & pray that you & yours had a happy, healthy, safe & VERY Merry CHRISTmas Dear +Scott Cramer (((MEGA HUGS)))
+Laurie M No worries, I am late almost always on everything! All was great this Christmas. Best part? I got to go pick up daughter when I wasn't originally going to be able to see her until Thursday!
Hooray! Happy Holidays!
Awwww how WONDERFUL for you +Scott Cramer I'm so glad you got an extra special CHRISTmas gift then! (((MEGA HUGS))) May it set the tone positive for the rest of your holiday season & the new year! 😎