The Tweet Before Christmas

I wrote and tweeted this, verse by verse, lying in bed on Christmas Eve night. Like all tweets, it’s ephemera, but I kind of worried it would get lost forever, so decided to put it here in a more permanent form. Happy Christmas!

Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the net
Not a tweeter was stirring
(Well, some were, I bet)

The avatars and profiles
Were sprinkled with glitter
And hastags of #Xmas
Were all over Twitter

And ma on her laptop,
And me tapping touch screen
Had just settled down
To check on our tweet streams

I looked down my followers
At the top of the “new” pile
Was someone that made me
Quickly click on “view profile”

His jolly account page
had the “Verified” tick
So I knew in a moment
It must be Saint Nick!

I checked out his followers
He had quite a few!
And in no time at all
I was following too

And who was he following?
Well perhaps you can guess!
Just eight other tweeters
I can list each address:

@dasher, @dancer,
@prancer, @vixen,
@comet, @cupid,
@donder and @blitzen

The last thing he tweeted
Which I’d like to recite:
“Happy Christmas to all
And to all a good night!”