Navidad - TexMex Style

"'Twas the Night" - TexMex Style!

(Pancho Claus)
T'was  the night before Christmas and all through la casa
Not a creature was  stirring, CARAMBA! Que Pasa?

Mama making tamales con mucho cuidado
In  hopes old Santa would feel obligado
To bring all the hijos, both buenos y  malos
A nice batch of dulces and other regalos

Mis hermanos and I went  to sleep in our camas
Some in calsones, some in piyamas
Cuando out in the  yard I heard un gran grito
That I jumped to my feet like a frightened  cabrito

And who in the world do you think que era?
El mero mero with  his venados estaban afuera
Santa Claus in a sleigh with a big  sombrero
Came dashing along like a little bombero

I watched as they  came, and this little fat hombre
Was shouting and whistling, and calling by  nombre
"Ay PEPE, AY JESSE, AY CUCA, AY BETO
AY PANCHO, AY CHATO, CHUY Y  NETO!"

Then standing straight up, with his hands on his pecho,
He flew  to the top of our very own techo
With his round little belly like a bowl of  jalea
He struggled to squeeze down our old chimenea

Then huffing and  puffing, and a little cansado
He picked up a bag that looked so pesado
He  filled all the stockings with lovely regalos
For none of the hijos had been  very malos

Then chuckling aloud, seeming very contento
He turned like  a flash and was gone like the viento
As I heard him exclaim and this is  verdad,
"MERRY CHRISTMAS A TODOS! FELIZ  NAVIDAD!"