'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The garage had a spare corner cleaned out with care,
In hopes a Snap-On tool chest soon would be there;

The wrenches were sorted next to the SHO,
While the air compressor was already to go;
The AWA with the 'evil eye', and I with my jack,
Had just started to begin the 60K attack.

When out on the street there arose such a clatter,
I sprang off the creeper to see what was the matter;
Away from the sparkplugs I flew like a lark,
Stubbed my toe on a slicer since it was so dark;

I peered at the darkness and stuck in the snow,
Was a sleigh and some reindeer that could use a tow,
I ordered a fuel pump Fedex to get it here quick,
I didn't know it would come via St. Nick.

With a sad look, a whimper, and a tear in his eye,
He said this travesty may cause children to cry,
I looked at the reindeer and told him right away,
"We'll get those delivered before the end of the day."

The number 5 reindeer just didn't look right,
But it might have been the darkness of night,
I told St. Nick I'd give it my best,
In my garage the reindeer would be my guest.

I checked under his hoof to look for a clue,
Then I noticed an oval filled with Ford blue;
Telling what's wrong won't be much of a chore,
This reindeer is equipped with EEC-IV!

So I grabbed my Helms and gave the pages a flip,
Found out where to stick my bent paperclip;
Under the tail  is where the Helms said,
At that point I knew I should have stayed in bed.

Without Rudolph's nose to blink me the code,
I was determined to deliver St. Nicks payload.
So I slammed the hood shut and grabbed the keys,
St. Nick replied, "Can I drive, please?"

So he started the SHO and backed out in the street,
Stomped on the gas, the Yamaha sounded sweet,
With 24 valves and 4 cams singing their song,
The delivery process didn't take long.

Number 5 was still down, we waited for time to pass,
Then he was okay, must have been bad gas;
With a smile St. Nick shouted "I feel so alive,"
"I'll have my elves build a SHO for me to drive."

With a firm handshake we bid farewell,
I turned and tripped over a box and fell;
Scrawled on the box was St. Nick's name,
Knowing Santa this present won't be lame.

I opened the box and what did Santa bring,
Four shiny new Koni's and some Eibach springs!
At that moment I heard him while out of sight,
"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"