Countdown

a poem by Jayati

Ho, ho, ho!
Santa Clause
Come to our door
Please don’t pause.
All the year round
We wait for you
To fill with toys
Our socks and shoes.
Your red mantle
Snow-white beard;
Your jingle bell
Wipe our fears;
From the wolf
In Granny’s clothes
Who did scare
Little Red Riding Hood
In her house.
Mounted on reindeer sleigh
You will come
Eager, impatient, we wait
The countdown.