Good Elf To You All!

There is a story about Santa, You know how it goes? 

About him and his reindeer, with a big red nose.

They are treated as heroes everywhere they go, 

but there's another story that you will never know.

Santa is not alone, he's not by himself, 

The real powerhouse of the North pole 

is a little industrious Elf.

The Elf keeps quiet and gets on with his job, 

and goes by the name of, efficient Bob!

He looks after Santa and answers all the mail, 

He feeds all the reindeer and lights up Santa's trail.

Then Bob picks all the presents for the kids in the west, 

There's no money elsewhere, Bob knows what's best.

Then he loads up the sleigh for Santa, ready to ride, 

Bob's good at his job, he does it with pride.

Without Bob, Santa, they say, 

Would just be a fat bloke with a costume that's a little bit gay!

When Santa's flys, to leave presents under your tree, 

Bob puts on the kettle for a nice cup of tea.

You know he doesn't ask for much, efficient Bob, 

Just a nice cup of tea and a chocolate hobnob!

One year when Santa was off on his round, 

Bob was struck with terror, when a stray present was found.

With fear in his heart, he looked at his list, 

How could this happen, one present had been missed?

He read down his notes to see where he'd gone wrong, 

It took him some time; it was twenty miles long.

He looked at the names he felt a bit sick,

But everything checked out, all boxes had a tick.

So he looked at the present then started to sob, 

Because on the label it read, 'from Santa to Bob'.

This one little gift, wrapped up so tight, 

Meant the world to Bob, it really made his night.

You see, all of us that are seen by many, looking so cool, 

Have a Bob in the background hiding the fool.

They help us to be wise, clever and funny, 

They don't ask for much, but hey, wouldn't mind some money.

There are so many heroes that go unseen, 

Helping others to achieve a dream.

So to all my elves who work with me all the year, 

I send out my thanks and a lot of Christmas cheer.

But if you're expecting a bonus, this is not what you think, 

You'll be lucky if I even buy you a drink!

So lets hope next year is bigger and better, 

We've tried everything else, why don't we write Bob a letter?