T'was the night before Christmas/Tex Mex Version

'MERRY CHRISTMAS A TODOS! FELIZ NAVIDAD!'

night before Christmas and all through la

casa

Not a creature was

stirring, only the masa.

Mama making

tamales con mucho cuidado

In hopes old Santa

would feel obligado

To bring all the

hijos, both buenos y malos

A nice batch of

dulces and other regalos

Mis hermanos and I

went to sleep in our camas

Some in calsones,

some in piyamas

Cuando out in the

yard I heard un gran grito

That I jumped to

my feet like a frightened cabrito

And who in the

world do you think que era?

El mero mero with

his venados aya afuera

Santa Claus in a

sleigh with a big sombrero

Came dashing along

like a little bombero

I watched as they

came, and this little fat hombre

Was shouting and

whistling, and calling by nombre

'Ay PEPE, AY

JESSE, AY CUCA, AY BETO

AY PANCHO, AY

CHATO, CHUY Y NETO!'

Then standing

straight up, with his hands on his

pecho,

He flew to the top

of our very own techo

With his round

little belly like a bowl of jalea

He struggled to

squeeze down our old chimenea

Then huffing and

puffing, and a little cansado

He picked up a bag

that looked so pesado

He filled all the

stockings with lovely regalos

For none of the

hijos had been very malos

Then chuckling

aloud, seeming very contento

He turned like a

flash and was gone like the viento

As I heard him

exclaim and this is verdad,

'MERRY CHRISTMAS A TODOS! FELIZ NAVIDAD!'