A federal holiday poem
Observing what has been a holiday tradition at GovExec.com since 1998, we present our annual ode to federal employees.
Twas the night before Christmas, and all 'cross the Web
Not a surfer was surfing, except for some feds.
The FAA cleared Santa for his annual flight,
As the Weather Service predicted a clear, starry night.
FEMA stood by in case of snow, ice or sleet,
As troops 'round the world maintained the peace.
When out on the Web there arose such a crowd
Of kids on their mice click, click, clicking around
'Til they landed their browsers on a special Web site
Where NORAD tracked Santa all through the night.
In English, in Spanish, in even Francais,
The radar tracked Nicholas around on his sleigh.
The radar bleep, bleeped as Santa drew close
Drawn by the heat off of Rudolph's red nose.
The satellites tingled, the warning bells jingled
When NORAD got sight of merry Kris Kringle.
Kids 'cross the land knew their friends had been wrong.
NORAD's site proved it: Santa lives on!
And as feds 'round the world kept the peace through the night,
Santa looked down, and called out with his might,
"Thank you, civil servants! You fight the good fight!
Happy days to you all, and to all a fine night!"
Happy Holidays from all of us at GovExec.com!
COMMENTS
- Regarding Santa and NMCI, Santa needs to get a security policy and when he decides security is a good thing, he needs to understand that security policy is dictated from the top down and not to shoot the messenger. bobblogger Posted November 12, 2007 11:45 AM
- Happy days to you all, and to all a fine night!" Happy Holidays from all of us at GovExec.com ! I am really tired of the discrimination against Christians in the United States! The holiday is Christmas and the greeting is Merry Christmas -- not happy holidays or seasons greetings! Shame on GovExec.com . They should not attempt to be politically correct - they should be correct, period. Does this political correctness also dictate their articles? Taxpayer Posted January 10, 2007 7:36 AM
- Merry Christmas to all you folks at Government Executive and I hope you have a great 2007. Rick Posted December 22, 2006 7:22 AM
