Christmas Wrasseing A Musical Yuletide Adventure

  OK music lovers.  To thoroughly enjoy this blog, you need to sign on to YouTube and listen while you read our totally true Christmas Day Adventure. set to the tune of Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.  To help you along, here's a you tube link:  https:  //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0


"Bah Humbug," Sandra yelled.
"The Boat is in! It makes me crazy!"
I said, "Merry Christmas, Peace on Earth."
"Let's celebrate the Christ Child's birth."


We plunged into the circus rush.
A Chinese guy and his pretty wife
Took our Christmas Beachside Photo 
Sheh sheh and Sheng Danjie. Its Christmastime in Kona.





Paddle boarders, kayaks
Boat people waist deep stop to yak.
The inner harbor full of silt.
And Sandra says it looks like milk


The Christmas Wrasse on Christmas Day
Is our mission each December.
We found him here in Twenty Twelve. (2012)
But could we call on Santa's Elves?

Refrain







Last year the tempest brewed.
The waves were high and  the sky was gray.
We didn't think to miss our date.
The Christmas Wrasse is here to stay.


Bouncing on the storm tossed sea,
We searched one end to the other,
Was the coral of  Paul Allen's Reef.
The stocking for our Christmas treat?

Christmas Wrasse, Kailua Pier, August 2013

 Heading in, no fish to show,
We might have been felling pretty low.
But at the bay its, "Tally Ho!"
Sandra found the wrasse at last!

We chased through the shallow reef.
He'd stand for no photography
But we'd  toast him later anyway
"Here's to Sandra's Christmas Wrasse!"







Merry Christmas!  Merry Christmas!
Will we see the Christmas Wrasse this Year?

Merry Christmas!  Merry Christmas!
He's been getting rarer. Won't you cheer?

Merry Christmas!  Merry Christmas!
Won't you sack your spear and have some beer?

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Will we see the Christmas Wrasse this year?







Christmas  Day is blue and bright.
The currents strong but so are we.
We kick our fins as if to climb,
And  clear the rocks in 4 4 time.

Bird Wrasse, Saddle Wrasse
Ornate  and  Pink-tail Trigger.
No Christmas Wrasse is here my dear.
Will Christmas come?   I start to fear.

 

Our Phoenix Island Damsel hangs proudly on the Tree

The Marian is on the sea.
Glass bottom boat so you can see
The skipper waves as he sails on by.
Merry Christmas to my honey pie.


We've never failed to find our fish,
Shall we swim a little further?
The water's  warm, the water's clear.
We'll find that Christmas Wrasse this year. 

Trumpets

 

Our Octopus Changed Instantly from Brown to White

 We're holding hands, watch the reef
When what to our wondering eyes should appear
An octopus full of Yuletide cheer.
With eight little hooves like Santa's deer.


Prancing, pawing eight little hooves.
Changing Shapes, he's got the moves.
Turning white like the new fallen snow
He gleamed with the luster of Christmas  below.

 With a steed of this molluscan kind,

The Christmas turtle Bids You Peace on Earth

Can a miniature Sleigh be far behind?
 Then off he swam like the down off a thistle,
Into the reef, as clean as a whistle.

Time for home, we both  agree.
And we swim back to the heiau
A turtle led us in through the bay
'Twas a very Happy Christmas Day.


Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.
We'll see the wrasse another year.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.
We know he's there we bid him cheer.

Merry Christmas Merry Christamas,
We'll see him later in the year.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
We know he's there. We bid him cheer

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 In the words of the great Barry Kripke, " When one is celebwating Chwistmas in Kona, it is appwopwiate to weah Wed Dwagons!" 
                             Mele Kalikimaka and Maka Hiki Hou from Sandra and Jeff. 

The Christmas Octopus wishes you and yours a very Merry Fishmas.  And a Halibut New Year.