Chad Fraker

I thought it is right around the time to bring this Christmas classic back
to light. I pulled it from my archives, I hope you all enjoy it:

The Winch that Saved Christmas

Copyright 1997 by Rich and Greg Lewis

The wind was quite heavy on one Christmas Eve, Santa traveled by ground,
behind schedule, if you believe.

He was cruising through California in his mighty red sleigh, And said, "If I
don't hurry, there will be no Christmas Day."

Blitzen turned around and said, "Santa, you won't fail, We Reindeer found a
short-cut called the Rubicon Trail."

They headed for the trail, but when they got there, the rocks looked much
bigger than they did from the air.

Up hill the reindeer struggled to make the sleigh go, and getting around
those rocks made the progress quite slow.

They tried really hard but there just wasn't a way, to get axle articulation
from an old wooden sleigh.

Where the rocks are quite steep, Santa ran out of luck, even with nine
reindeer, he finally got stuck.

The Rubicon Trail is no place for a sleigh full of toys, Santa sighed, "I've
failed all those good girls and boys!"

"They'll rise in the morning, leave their rooms and say, under the tree, it
is empty, is there NO CHRISTMAS DAY?'"

They couldn't budge the sleigh, no matter how hard they tried, Santa felt so
hopeless he sat down and cried.

Suddenly in the distance came a loud clanking sound, like an old wind-up toy
that's been too tightly wound.

They saw it come over a boulder with a creep, A rock crawlin', mud boggin'
CJ-5 Jeep.

Its fenders were dented, and its sides were all scratched, the top had big
holes that hadn't been patched.

But its tires were big ones, 35 inch, and on its front bumper was a shiny
new winch.

"If you're taking the Rubicon," the CJ started to say, "Go with a group and
get mud tires for that sleigh."

Santa said, "I'm sorry, I feel like a jerk," the old CJ-5 said nothing, it
just went to work.

The sleigh was unstuck and free in a cinch, thanks to that CJ and its shiny
new winch.

Santa went on to fulfill Christmas day, with the old CJ-5 leading the way.

Now many years have passed and the reindeer are older, they don't fly very
well when the weather gets colder.

But Santa's still out there every year without fail, fulfilling his promise
in the air and on the trail.

On Christmas Eve, if you chance to look in the sky, you just might see him
in that old CJ-5.

CRWLR

I remember that night ...

A quick lift with the old HiLift and a short yank with the winch, topped off
with a cold brew and a good cigar, and Saint Nick was back on the trail in
no time.




"Chad Fraker" <sylvanis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:DTFBb.120529$Eq1.50232@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> I thought it is right around the time to bring this Christmas classic back
> to light. I pulled it from my archives, I hope you all enjoy it:
>
> The Winch that Saved Christmas
>
> Copyright 1997 by Rich and Greg Lewis
>
> The wind was quite heavy on one Christmas Eve, Santa traveled by ground,
> behind schedule, if you believe.
>
> He was cruising through California in his mighty red sleigh, And said, "If
I
> don't hurry, there will be no Christmas Day."
>
> Blitzen turned around and said, "Santa, you won't fail, We Reindeer found
a
> short-cut called the Rubicon Trail."
>
> They headed for the trail, but when they got there, the rocks looked much
> bigger than they did from the air.
>
> Up hill the reindeer struggled to make the sleigh go, and getting around
> those rocks made the progress quite slow.
>
> They tried really hard but there just wasn't a way, to get axle
articulation
> from an old wooden sleigh.
>
> Where the rocks are quite steep, Santa ran out of luck, even with nine
> reindeer, he finally got stuck.
>
> The Rubicon Trail is no place for a sleigh full of toys, Santa sighed,
"I've
> failed all those good girls and boys!"
>
> "They'll rise in the morning, leave their rooms and say, under the tree,
it
> is empty, is there NO CHRISTMAS DAY?'"
>
> They couldn't budge the sleigh, no matter how hard they tried, Santa felt
so
> hopeless he sat down and cried.
>
> Suddenly in the distance came a loud clanking sound, like an old wind-up
toy
> that's been too tightly wound.
>
> They saw it come over a boulder with a creep, A rock crawlin', mud boggin'
> CJ-5 Jeep.
>
> Its fenders were dented, and its sides were all scratched, the top had big
> holes that hadn't been patched.
>
> But its tires were big ones, 35 inch, and on its front bumper was a shiny
> new winch.
>
> "If you're taking the Rubicon," the CJ started to say, "Go with a group
and
> get mud tires for that sleigh."
>
> Santa said, "I'm sorry, I feel like a jerk," the old CJ-5 said nothing, it
> just went to work.
>
> The sleigh was unstuck and free in a cinch, thanks to that CJ and its
shiny
> new winch.
>
> Santa went on to fulfill Christmas day, with the old CJ-5 leading the way.
>
> Now many years have passed and the reindeer are older, they don't fly very
> well when the weather gets colder.
>
> But Santa's still out there every year without fail, fulfilling his
promise
> in the air and on the trail.
>
> On Christmas Eve, if you chance to look in the sky, you just might see him
> in that old CJ-5.
>
>

CRWLR

I remember that night ...

A quick lift with the old HiLift and a short yank with the winch, topped off
with a cold brew and a good cigar, and Saint Nick was back on the trail in
no time.




"Chad Fraker" <sylvanis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:DTFBb.120529$Eq1.50232@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> I thought it is right around the time to bring this Christmas classic back
> to light. I pulled it from my archives, I hope you all enjoy it:
>
> The Winch that Saved Christmas
>
> Copyright 1997 by Rich and Greg Lewis
>
> The wind was quite heavy on one Christmas Eve, Santa traveled by ground,
> behind schedule, if you believe.
>
> He was cruising through California in his mighty red sleigh, And said, "If
I
> don't hurry, there will be no Christmas Day."
>
> Blitzen turned around and said, "Santa, you won't fail, We Reindeer found
a
> short-cut called the Rubicon Trail."
>
> They headed for the trail, but when they got there, the rocks looked much
> bigger than they did from the air.
>
> Up hill the reindeer struggled to make the sleigh go, and getting around
> those rocks made the progress quite slow.
>
> They tried really hard but there just wasn't a way, to get axle
articulation
> from an old wooden sleigh.
>
> Where the rocks are quite steep, Santa ran out of luck, even with nine
> reindeer, he finally got stuck.
>
> The Rubicon Trail is no place for a sleigh full of toys, Santa sighed,
"I've
> failed all those good girls and boys!"
>
> "They'll rise in the morning, leave their rooms and say, under the tree,
it
> is empty, is there NO CHRISTMAS DAY?'"
>
> They couldn't budge the sleigh, no matter how hard they tried, Santa felt
so
> hopeless he sat down and cried.
>
> Suddenly in the distance came a loud clanking sound, like an old wind-up
toy
> that's been too tightly wound.
>
> They saw it come over a boulder with a creep, A rock crawlin', mud boggin'
> CJ-5 Jeep.
>
> Its fenders were dented, and its sides were all scratched, the top had big
> holes that hadn't been patched.
>
> But its tires were big ones, 35 inch, and on its front bumper was a shiny
> new winch.
>
> "If you're taking the Rubicon," the CJ started to say, "Go with a group
and
> get mud tires for that sleigh."
>
> Santa said, "I'm sorry, I feel like a jerk," the old CJ-5 said nothing, it
> just went to work.
>
> The sleigh was unstuck and free in a cinch, thanks to that CJ and its
shiny
> new winch.
>
> Santa went on to fulfill Christmas day, with the old CJ-5 leading the way.
>
> Now many years have passed and the reindeer are older, they don't fly very
> well when the weather gets colder.
>
> But Santa's still out there every year without fail, fulfilling his
promise
> in the air and on the trail.
>
> On Christmas Eve, if you chance to look in the sky, you just might see him
> in that old CJ-5.
>
>

CRWLR

I remember that night ...

A quick lift with the old HiLift and a short yank with the winch, topped off
with a cold brew and a good cigar, and Saint Nick was back on the trail in
no time.




"Chad Fraker" <sylvanis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:DTFBb.120529$Eq1.50232@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> I thought it is right around the time to bring this Christmas classic back
> to light. I pulled it from my archives, I hope you all enjoy it:
>
> The Winch that Saved Christmas
>
> Copyright 1997 by Rich and Greg Lewis
>
> The wind was quite heavy on one Christmas Eve, Santa traveled by ground,
> behind schedule, if you believe.
>
> He was cruising through California in his mighty red sleigh, And said, "If
I
> don't hurry, there will be no Christmas Day."
>
> Blitzen turned around and said, "Santa, you won't fail, We Reindeer found
a
> short-cut called the Rubicon Trail."
>
> They headed for the trail, but when they got there, the rocks looked much
> bigger than they did from the air.
>
> Up hill the reindeer struggled to make the sleigh go, and getting around
> those rocks made the progress quite slow.
>
> They tried really hard but there just wasn't a way, to get axle
articulation
> from an old wooden sleigh.
>
> Where the rocks are quite steep, Santa ran out of luck, even with nine
> reindeer, he finally got stuck.
>
> The Rubicon Trail is no place for a sleigh full of toys, Santa sighed,
"I've
> failed all those good girls and boys!"
>
> "They'll rise in the morning, leave their rooms and say, under the tree,
it
> is empty, is there NO CHRISTMAS DAY?'"
>
> They couldn't budge the sleigh, no matter how hard they tried, Santa felt
so
> hopeless he sat down and cried.
>
> Suddenly in the distance came a loud clanking sound, like an old wind-up
toy
> that's been too tightly wound.
>
> They saw it come over a boulder with a creep, A rock crawlin', mud boggin'
> CJ-5 Jeep.
>
> Its fenders were dented, and its sides were all scratched, the top had big
> holes that hadn't been patched.
>
> But its tires were big ones, 35 inch, and on its front bumper was a shiny
> new winch.
>
> "If you're taking the Rubicon," the CJ started to say, "Go with a group
and
> get mud tires for that sleigh."
>
> Santa said, "I'm sorry, I feel like a jerk," the old CJ-5 said nothing, it
> just went to work.
>
> The sleigh was unstuck and free in a cinch, thanks to that CJ and its
shiny
> new winch.
>
> Santa went on to fulfill Christmas day, with the old CJ-5 leading the way.
>
> Now many years have passed and the reindeer are older, they don't fly very
> well when the weather gets colder.
>
> But Santa's still out there every year without fail, fulfilling his
promise
> in the air and on the trail.
>
> On Christmas Eve, if you chance to look in the sky, you just might see him
> in that old CJ-5.
>
>