A little-known holiday secret is that Santa’s reindeer were not the original crew. The first group was fired. Here are some haiku to tell their story:
Stinker the reindeer
Had hygiene issues, it’s true
Hold your nose tonight
Cramper was fired next
Could only work once a month
Christmas Eve or not
Klutzer really tried
But tripped over his own hooves
Kept crashing the sleigh
Shmutzen loved carpets
Had lint all over his fur
Gave Claus sneezing fits
Wobbler drank a lot
Couldn’t fly in a straight line
It was a problem
Puker, poor Puker
For quite obvious reasons
Didn’t last too long
Stupid was confused
Why work on a holiday?
They tried to explain
Svitzen splattered sweat
All over everybody
The sleigh smelled like mold
Last of all, Foodolph
Beat Santa to the cookies
Every single time
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Laurie Holman: Comedy Writer, Copywriter, Chocolate Connoisseur 