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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 19, 2020 14:25:48 GMT -5
"I 'member..."Though I've been around for Sphinxes for forever, I was never able to participate in many of the Yule events fully when they were happening. Sure I could pop in now and then, but mostly life just kept me too busy. Last year's Yule though was a different story and I had SO much fun with everyone! It also helped that while Yule was happening, I was on a trip to one of my favorite places to escape the Florida warm weather and be somewhere that it actually felt like Christmas! The whole thing made for a wonderful time and I'm very happy to be around for this year's Yule as well. Last year also enabled me to see that little Ceceila here LOVES Christmas >.> 
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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 19, 2020 14:28:21 GMT -5
Stocking Stuffer!
Santa, please bring me a yo-yo!
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Post by Mr. Pooka on Dec 19, 2020 14:28:42 GMT -5
"I 'member..."The Yule where I got Cindy-Lou. We had to write a new lie for the Grinch to tell the little Who about why he was taking her Christmas tree. I don't remember mine word for word, but I do remember the general premise. He blamed Max saying the poor little reindeer had needed to potty and so the tree needed to be cleaned. I wish I still had the poem somewhere.  For Cindy-Lou I figured I could find that! Somebody Stole the Presents!!
  Every Sphinx Down In Ahket Liked Yuletide a lot...
But The Grinch, Who lived just North of Akhet Did NOT!
The Grinch hated Yuletide! The whole Holiday season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
But, Whatever the reason that put him 'off hinges',
He stood there on Yule Eve, hating the Sphinxes.
 Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown,
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew every Sphinx down in Ahket beneath,
Was busy now, hanging a mistletoe wreath.
"And they're hanging their stockings!" he snarled with a sneer,
"Tomorrow is Yuletide! It's practically here!"
Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming,
"I MUST find some way to stop Yuletide from coming!"
For Tomorrow, he knew, all the cub girls and boys,
Would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise!
Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing he hated! The NOISE!
NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
(Hmmm, it seems as if opening up the Sphinx world to all types of settings has it's drawbacks. ~ Pooka )
~*~
"And NOW!" grinned the Grinch, "I will stuff up the tree!"
And the Grinch grabbed the tree, and he started to shove
When he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove.
 He turned around fast, without much ado,
To see Little Cindy-Lou, who was not more than two.
The Grinch had been caught by this little sphinx daughter
Who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water.
She stared at the Grinch and said, "Santy Claus, why,
"Why are you taking our Yule tree? WHY?"
But, you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick
He thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick!
(lie from Tierasa)
"Do you see here," he directed the little tot
As he pointed toward a suspicious looking spot
I'm afraid my reindeer has been very naughty
He snuck down the chimney to use the potty
But being a reindeer he got all confused
And couldn't tell which door he should use
The grinch shook his head and gave his shoulders a shrug
As Cindy Lou Who wrinkled her nose with an ugh
Realization was not lost on the tot
As she glanced in the direction of the suspicious spot
I must replace it cause it wouldn't be right
To leave something like that here on Christmas Eve Night
So I'll take this poor little Christmas tree
All the way back to the North Pole with me
But don't worry my dear I'll return this night
I'll bring a new tree and I'll fix it up right
And his fib fooled the child.
Then he patted her head
And he got her a drink and he sent he to bed.
And when Cindy-Lou Sphinx went to bed with her cup,
He went to the chimney and stuffed the tree up!
Then the last thing he took
Was the log for their fire.
Then he went up the chimney himself, the old liar.
On their walls he left nothing but hooks, and some wire.
And the one speck of food The he left in the house
 Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.
~*~
When he packed up his sled,
Packed it up with their presents!
The ribbons! The wrappings!
The tags! And the tinsel!
The trimmings! The trappings!
Three thousand feet up!
Up the side of Mount Crumpit,
He rode to the tiptop to dump it!
"A jinx on the Sphinx!" he was grinch-ish-ly humming.
"They're finding out now that no Yuletide is coming!
"They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!
"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two
"The all the Sphinxes down in Ahket will all cry BOO-HOO!"
"That's a noise," grinned the Grinch, "That I simply must hear!"
So he paused. And the Grinch put a paw to his ear.
 And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow...
But the sound wasn't sad! Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY!
He stared down at Ahket! The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Sphinx down in Ahket, the tall and the small,
Was singing!
Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Yuletide from coming! IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-paws ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Yuletide," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.
"Maybe Yuletide...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
And what happened then...? Well...in Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
 He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he... ...HE HIMSELF...! The Grinch carved the roast beast! |
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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 19, 2020 14:40:44 GMT -5
"I think I can fly!" 
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Post by Sanguine_Dragon on Dec 19, 2020 14:49:43 GMT -5
Stocking Stuffer!
Santa, may I have a Jingle Harness please?
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 19, 2020 14:52:04 GMT -5
Ah yes, the Grinch event. That was a fun one.  I had a ton of fun that year, I loved giving EVERYBODY a mouse! |
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Post by Phoenix Stardancer on Dec 19, 2020 14:53:11 GMT -5
Stocking Stuffer!
Santa please bring me a Shuriken
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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 19, 2020 14:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by Moophles on Dec 19, 2020 15:21:55 GMT -5
Stocking Stuffer!
Santa, please bring me Shuriken~
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 19, 2020 15:44:37 GMT -5
Sorry that we're taking a moment to start up today. We're here formulating game ideas.
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 19, 2020 15:49:29 GMT -5
Just putting in a feeler to see how many people are lurking about. We have an idea for a non-long running, interactive game which needs some people around. If it's quiet out there we'll do a long runner.
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Post by Sanguine_Dragon on Dec 19, 2020 15:52:03 GMT -5
Interactive games sound fun!
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Post by Phoenix Stardancer on Dec 19, 2020 15:52:48 GMT -5
I am here as I have yet to fire up Monster Hunter
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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 19, 2020 15:53:17 GMT -5
I'm here :3
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Post by SeleneIV on Dec 19, 2020 15:54:32 GMT -5
Scarabs!
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I had a ton of fun that year, I loved giving EVERYBODY a mouse! 
