Humorous Advent Poem: The night turns blue ...

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The night turns blue, the stars are twinkling
snowflakes quietly are sinking.
The fire tree tops are beaming green
and little snow heaps can be seen.
There! From a window rather bright
through the trees there goes a light.
Lit by candles, woodman’s hut
the woodman’s wife sits on her butt (in the woodman’s study).
Just in this silent winter time
has she committed murder crime
and killed the woodman in great haste
she thought of him as rather waste.
Thus was the plan. At Nichlas Eve
poor wasteful woodman had to leave
when deer was from the forest creeping
the little rabbit started sleeping
a rifle took the woodman’s wife
and took away her husbands life.
The bang annoyed the rabbit’s sleep
for just a minute, when he was deep
and in the forest, thinking
while high above the stars were twinkling.
And in the woodman’s snuggery
his blood escapes the artery.
The woodman’s wife must quickly act
and cuts the woodman - that’s a fact
as custom is for woodmans doing
he skins her husband without woeing.
With care she places all the pieces
and keeps a filet for her nieces
as festive roast, a tender part
she thinks that this is really smart.
The rest she wraps like Christmas gifts
and thinks of them as precious thrifts.
Hark! Silver-bells are ringing sweetly
a dog is barking rather neatly.
Who might it be, so late at night,
to walk in snow and without light?
The helper of Santa Claus (Ruprecht) is riding
on a stag, and law-abiding,
he asks the woodman’s wife for presents
to kids and to the poorer peasants.
The woodman’s hut lays in the snow
but woodman’s wife - she isn’t slow:
"Good man, all that I have is gathered here.
Six wrappings, to the peasants’ peer."
The bells are ringing, nice and pure
Santa’s helper makes his tour
a candle in the woodman’s vent
is shining there - it is Advent.

Loriot's satirical Advent poem: Advent (The night turns blue)
English Translation here (at the end):
https://expatsincebirth.com/2019/11/29/loriot-and-his-poem-about-advent-an-example-of-german-humour/

Loriot's satirisches Adventsgedicht: Advent (Es blaut die Nacht)
http://www.swasi.de/loriot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7rziDjaNM