A PARIS ISLAND CHRISTMAS
Tis the season to be sneezin’ but not where I am cause the sun is beamin’. The few that are sneezin’ are side effects from weezin’. It seems the island got to them and now pneumonia is teasin’.
No stockings on fireplaces but rifles on racks. No model train tracks but footlockers neatly stacked. We really have no time to decorate a tree so we grab one of those footlockers and on top steps Chesty Pulley.
Instead of snowflakes there are swarmin’ sand fleas. The pines and evergreens are replaced by palm trees. Havin’ snowball fights but usin’ pebbles and stones. But of course on my team is the warrior, John Basilone.
No snow so no snow angels; for fun we have the rifle range. Snackin’ on MRE’s instead of minty candy canes. And who needs Christmas carols when you have rifle ditties. BWT in the woods sort of creatin’ our own cities.
Then out rings a bell soundin’ like it’s from a sleigh. It’s just Hathcock showin’ off, bull’s eye from two miles away. Our Santa Clause is Gunny Clauses, carryin’ no toys for girls and boys. Instead his sack is completely packed with the types of toys that create loud noise.
No magical sleigh but a loaded Humm. V. William Rupertus ridin’ shotgun reciting; the Rifleman’s Creed. You can forget about sharin’ a nice dinner with the neighbors cause they all passed out in the dag-gone gas chamber.
A Marine always holds his bearing so not a single soul is smilin’; and that’s a typical Christmas, here on Paris Island.
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