Loved this!Hope to see more next year.
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Ella" <taberellatogo@...> wrote:
>
> I wrote the first edition of this poem in 2007 and added to it in 2008. Last year I didn't get around to it, but I picked up again this year. Hope you enjoy the ongoing saga of Santa and his T@B:
>
> (Posted in 2007:)
>
> `Twas the night before Christmas and TABbers this year
> were excitedly waiting for holiday cheer.
> Knowing that Santa this year, on this day
> Was planning to try out his brand new Tab Sleigh.
>
> He was older and slower and ready to try
> An easier ride for his fly through the sky
> Something cushy and comfy and easy to tow
> That allowed him some ease of arthritic wow.
>
> And maybe a place for a drink to inspire
> A nap and a rest, and maybe a fire,
> To warm up his body deep down to his bones
> a break between housetops, and chimney and homes!
>
> It was not all that big, not too tall or too wide
> For Santa to snuggle and rest when inside
> And if he got lonely and wanted a friend
> It had enough room for Mrs. Clause within!
>
> The sleigh flew through the night with ease and so quick
> Santa had much more time to enjoy his trip.
> Across the nation he stopped in to see
> Those Tabbers and friends that traveled like he!
>
> And all did agree the new sleigh was the coolest,
> more modest, so simple, and oh just the cutest!
> While everyone watched it was up and away
> Merry Christmas to Santa and his great new Tab Sleigh!
>
>
> (Continuing the story in 2008:)
>
> Remember last year when Santa decided
> to try a TAB sleigh and was oh so delighted?
> He'd bought a brand new one all the whistles and bells,
> and it worked out just perfect, for him and his elves.
>
> In fact, Santa was so delighted with it,
> he modified his TAB and had it re-fit
> and transformed it from a flying TAB sleigh,
> back to a camper for traveling and play.
>
> To help plan his mods he got in the loop
> And joined a TAB forum – a great YAHOO group.
> He read all the posts and began to compile
> a to-do list after a search of the files.
>
> He read all the postings and words of great wisdom,
> and learned ins and outs of the electrical system.
> He even ventured to post his own question,
> answered by many an expert and craftsmen!
>
> The first thing he did was get rid of the table,
> A couple of slats, and the bed was real stable.
> And the space that this saved was a great boon
> For such a big man needs lots of room.
>
> And as for the water, he needed a lot,
> not just 5 gallons, and he needed it hot.
> City water hook-up was installed by his elves,
> hot-water-on-demand, he did by himself.
>
> And more on the YAHOO group site he did read
> about screen doors, converters and lights –– L-E-D!
> And all of these mods, he completed each one,
> till his TAB was customized and ready for fun.
>
> Come spring it was ready for his first camping trip,
> he longed to meet TABbers – for fun and kinship.
> He returned to the group site and looked for a rally,
> one that was close would be right down his alley.
>
> Of course, from the North Pole nothing is close,
> but he looked and decided on a rally – West Coast.
> And dressed incognito, his person disguised,
> he attended the rally ---- unrecognized!
>
> It all was the way that he'd heard it would be,
> the camping with TABbers and the comradery.
> It felt like a family, one he'd known all along,
> he'd only just met them, but knew he belonged.
>
> So went the summer, one trip then the next,
> From West coast to East, he camped with the rest.
> Not once did he let anyone know who he was
> Camper by summer, come Christmas Santa Clause!
>
> At the end of the season, he returned to the Pole
> ready for his annual around-the-world goal.
> As he transformed his Tab back into a sleigh
> He knew he'd see TABers, on another day.
>
> Now, think back you TABbers – did you ever attend
> a rally and meet a round, jolly old friend?
> A guy who about where he lived never told?
> It could have been Santa – his time off from the Pole.
>
>
> (Picking up in 2010:)
>
> Last year poor Santa heard news oh so bad
> No longer was Dutchman making the T@B!
> Oh MY! Oh NO! This just couldn't be true,
> Santa cried out in protest, (`long with me and with you.)
>
> No T@B for delivering his gifts round the globe?
> No T@B for his rest stops with comforts untold?
> No parts and no pieces to repair what might break?
> His dear T@B was left to this terrible fate?
>
> And so all last Christmas preparing for cheer,
> Santa's heart wasn't in it – his heart was in fear!
> His T@B-Sled-Sleigh's future was stopped in it's tracks
> From economy failure and factory cutbacks
>
> How could it have happened? What plot was alive?
> Discontinue the T@B? No, it must survive!
> With that cheering thought Santa sprang into action
> To save his T@B sleigh . . . that was his new mission.
>
> Back at the trusty Yahoo web site
> Santa saw with a smile, things might be alright.
> T@B owners were talking, and rallying `round
> They no longer were silent, no longer dumbfound.
>
> The owners, and dealers and the T@B wanna-bees
> Went into to high gear with a heart-felt decree,
> To all that would listen, they announced this result:
> "The T@B's on it's way to becoming a cult!"
>
> And as the this new thought materialized,
> Santa saw in the future (to his happy surprise)
> That love for the T@B would not fade away,
> In fact it would grow, by month and by day.
>
> As word spread to all the fanatics and fans
> The movement did grow to a great big T@B Clan.
> All knew that change was the wind in the air
> soon T@B would be back, but, when or just where?
>
> So Santa set out Christmas 2010
> Spreading cheer and T@B joy again.
> As he planned his big trip, `round the world in the night
> He'd be spreading good news – the T@B was alright.
>
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