Twas the night before launch, when all through the net,
Not a pixel was stirring, not even a preset;
The code was hung by the developers with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.The designers were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of responsive layouts danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,When out on the web there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to my laptop I flew like a flash,
Tore open the browser and cleared the cache.The glow on the breast of the new-fallen site,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects of night,
When, what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the page! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the website-top the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too—And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!
May your website be merry, your SEO bright,
Freelance Designz, thank you for making it just right!”
