’Twas the day before Christmas
And in his beach shack,
Santa was snoozing,
Flat out on his back.
‘Shake a leg, love,’
Sheila Claus said.
‘Time to get ready
For the big night ahead.’
It’s the day before Christmas and Santa is in a tizz. He still needs to wrap the presents, check the ute and choose his roos. Will he get everything done in time?
This humorous offering is a poetic prequel to An Aussie Night before Christmas and, like the former, is filled with uniquely Australian references, both in the text and the illustrations. Santa wraps prezzies, dresses in grouse bright clothes and has a cuppa and a lamington before he heads off for his night’s work.
An ideal gift for a young Aussie, and wonderful for classroom sharing in the lead up to Christmas.
An Aussie Day Before Christmas, by Kilmeny Niland
Scholastic, 2008