The wind was quite heavy on one Christmas Eve
Santa traveled by ground, behind schedule, if you can believe
He was cruising through California in his mighty red sleigh,
And said, 'If I don't hurry, there will be no Christmas Day!'
Blitzen turned around and said, 'Santa, you won't fail
We Reindeer found a short-cut called the Rubicon Trail'
They headed for the trail, but when they got there,
The rocks looked much bigger than they did from the air
Up hill the reindeer struggled to make the sleigh go,
And getting around those rocks made the progress quite slow.
They tried really hard but there just wasn't a way,
To get axle articulation from an old wooden sleigh.
Where the rocks are steep, Santa ran out of luck,
( Even with nine reindeer, he finally got stuck.. )