{"id":21700,"date":"2023-12-24T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=21700"},"modified":"2023-11-26T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:59:09","slug":"merry-christmas-eve-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/merry-christmas-eve-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas Eve!\u00a0 Make sure to leave snacks for the Santa and the Reindeers!<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
And for a beginning of a Tradition the Retailing of ‘Ode to Advent’ set to the ‘The Night Before Christmas’<\/span><\/div>\n
Written by Timothy Quinn<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Ode to Advent<\/u><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

\u2018Twas the night before Advent, when all through the Manor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Not a writer was stirring, for nothing else mattered.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The bunnies were lying out snoozing away,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In hopes that their work was now done for the day.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Vampires were nestled all snug in their beds,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

While visions of naked Mates danced in their heads.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Evil Bob did the rounds on his victory lap,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

While I settled down for my pre-Advent nap.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When out of the blue, there arose such a clatter,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Away to the office I flew like a flash,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Tore open the door with a hell of a crash.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bob 2 sat there smirking, all chuckling with glee,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

He\u2019s a fine sneaky bastard, that Evil Bunny,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For he\u2019s been on a roll now, these past several weeks,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Adding new characters, giving them tweaks.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

At first there were six, but it soon became seven,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Enough now!\u00a0 I cried, with my eyes rolled to Heaven.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But lo!\u00a0 On that night before Advent was go,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

There were\u00a0eight\u00a0shiny Fassbenders all in a row.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, Craterus!\u00a0 Now, Quintus! \u00a0Now, Aguilar and Callum!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On, Erik\u00a0 !\u00a0 On, Harry!\u00a0 On, David and Brandon!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To the Wiki!\u201d\u00a0 Bob 2 did the rally then call,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTo the plots!\u00a0 To the plots!\u00a0 To the plots away all!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But the Greek and the Roman both sighed and sat down,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

While the Cop stood there glaring and tried not to frown.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Assassins made certain their blades were affixed,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As the Mutant made office pens dance and do tricks.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Synthetic Lifeform hid something from sight,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And the Newbie just smiled, stepping into the light.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

They are many and varied, this dangerous bunch,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But then here at Sylum, you should have a hunch,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

That while eight men are settling in well and fine,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We soon could be dealing with dude number nine!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bob spoke not a word when he saw us all there,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Just lit a cigar and jumped up on his chair.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

So there\u2019s plenty of work that is still left to do,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And the one who is known here as Evil Bob 2,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Will be keeping us busy, which just isn\u2019t right.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Merry plotting to all!\u00a0 And to all a goodnight!!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas Eve!\u00a0 Make sure to leave snacks for the Santa and the Reindeers! \u00a0 And for a beginning of a Tradition the Retailing of ‘Ode to Advent’ set to the ‘The Night Before Christmas’ Written by Timothy Quinn \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[67,1060,1095],"class_list":["post-21700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sylum-holidays","tag-timothy-quinn","tag-merry-christmas-eve","tag-poem-ode-to-advent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-5E0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22853,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/merry-christmas-eve-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":21700,"position":0},"title":"Merry Christmas Eve","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"December 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Santa is on his way! \u00a0 And as a fun reminder - Ode to Advent \u2018Twas the night before Advent, when all through the Manor Not a writer was stirring, for nothing else mattered. 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