The Magnificent Seven & the Origins of Christmas
In
Norse mythology long since faded
As
History’s feet down Time’s dirt street trod,
Yul
Brynner was loudly accoladed.
He
was a popular, though minor god.
His
name means “Yule Bringer” from ancient Norse.
He’d
cart wood to warm Winter for Odin*,
Which
he’d leave in the barn by Odin’s horse,
Crying
out, “Ho! O! You’ve got a load in!”
How
did Yul travel? You ask. I answer,
By
sled he’d sojourn, o’er snow he’d careen,
Dragged
by deft deer named Dasher and Dancer,
Prancer,
Vixen, Comet and Steve McQueen.
Yul
once had more deer to make up his bunch –
Such
a line-up, so delightful, not drab –
But
saving on feed, he’d many a lunch
Of
Cupid, Blitzen and Donner kebab.
*W.H.
Odin,
The mythical poet,
Who was mad for the gin,
Down his throat he’d throw it.
(c)Frank Rooney
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