The Christmas Santa Went on a Round the World Cruise

Mrs Christmas was really fed up...

Gerome the gnome had broke another cup washing up !

There was dust all over the house

The cheese had been nibbled by the naughty little mouse....

The weather was cold and everywhere was ice...

Christmas was turning out not very nice....

She had broken her arm on Father Giles farm...

Christmas really wasn't that warm...

Santa was late from his round the world trip,

It looked like Christmas dinner they'd have to skip...

To the Christmas fairy, she complained...

The grotto roof leaked whenever it rained....

Suddenly the robin had an idea...

To ensure that Christmas was sunnier that year....

"A *** ound the world cruise .... might stop all your Christmas day blues ! The ××× you may like to choose....here it is advertised in the news !"

The snowman disagrees....Mrs Christmas thought....At minus one hundred degrees you sneeze...it's the chill he caught that he's fraught !

Anyway, Santa was delighted...as he looked at the glossy brochure...

He flicked to page twelve and it was cited....a cruise was the best way to recover from a fracture...

So they booked a ticket for New Year...

Hoped to be playing deck cricket...and the holuday would be spent in a deckchair...

From Portsmouth, the cruise set off at eight...

They carried twenty suitcases - plenty of freight !

To get to Australia they couldn't wait....

"AHOY !" said Santa"M'hearty ship

mate !"

Before long, they were sailing to France...

As they passed Gibraltar...in the ballroom they danced !

After two weeks...and two dozen steaks...

They arrived back at port eating cakes !