Coming Throooouuugh - Aaaahhh! Look out!

Sorry... can't stop to talk - there's a pile of things to get ready and no time!

What? Twelve Days? Yes, everyone is involved and there's like a bazillion deals. Can you hand me that present I dropped please?

Ok, not a bazillion - more like, I don't know, seventy eight? Honestly it doesn't make any sense to me, how does twelve turn into seventy eight?

What? No, it's definitely not a Spin Off. I really have to go now though!

Oh my goodness... we're running out of days aren't we?

Let's see, today is the tenth... that leaves only fifteen days until Christmas.  Almost not enough time to squeeze some fun event that lasts twelve whole days in there...

Some of you may recall all the way back through the blizzard-y snow of last year a special Twelve Days of Christmas event. Just so you don't get your hopes in the wrong direction this year, let me tell you things are not going to be the same.

Baaa-Haa-Haaaa, they will be far more interesting!  Santa Sheep has something special in store for all of you merry knitters!

Mmmmm HMm-hmm HMMMMMM....

Hello! Santa Sheep here, just working on a few last minute things. Hey, what rhymes with "alpaca"?

Oh don't worry, that's for nothing interesting. But here I have the naughty and nice knitter list.

You look surprised - Don't think I haven't been keeping track all year!

And of course this list is kept up to date with last minute modifications. For instance, little kitties that stay out all night worrying their mothers - naughty. I just hope I can get Fred to part with more of his coal - he really likes rocks so it's difficult sometimes.

Anyway, we're running out of days before Christmas, so time to be on our best behavior right?

Eeek - there's still timeee! It's not too late! I can finish my gifts before Christmas!

I just have to focus.

Ohhh, but there are so many distractions... all of the lights, decorations, fun projects I want to start for myself...

Why can't I have a group of helpful elves to knit my gifts for me? That would be so convenient!

Of course I could always just give people yarn as gifts and tell them to knit it themselves. Hmm... and with the speed of Dizzy Shipping, there's plenty of time to order something nice.

Well anyway, I hope you're all in better shape than me! These next couple of weeks are going to go by quickly and will probably be fun and exciting!

Mmm-Hmm, and what else would you like for Christmas this year little lamb?

I want a new pair of knitting needles and... an espresso maker!

An espres - don't you think you're a little young for that!?

Umm, noooo?

Hmm, well let's just see what Ol' Fred has here in his bag of goodies... Ohhhh! Look at this, a nice piece of coooaaal!

What?? But I was a good lamb this year! Really I was!

Sure, sure, and coal is a wonderful present.  Why, you can play uhhh, kick the coal with it!

Kick the... I hope Santa Sheep kicks your butt for giving out coal you mean old gargoyle!

Hey! I'm not a gargoyle, I'm an elf, and I've been promoted to First Class Santa's Helper, so what I say goes. Here's your coal. Now smile for the picture.... alright. Next!

But...

NEXT!

After I was finally untangled, I was about to hang up these lights to make today's deal more festive, but suddenly half of them turned off!

I started with normal things like checking each bulb to make sure it was snug, wiggling wires and even went as far as replacing some of the bulbs with the extras, but alas, I can't get them to turn back on.

Woe is me...

So then I started doing weird things like talking nicely to the lights, massaging the wires, talking not so nicely to the lights, and finally turning off all of the other lights in the room in case they were just a little shy.

I have no idea why they won't work now and aside from sacrificing a plate of cookies, I have no idea how to make them happy again. Why do Holiday Lights always do this?

Hmm... Is it a sign?? Have I been a bad sheep this year??

Oh sure, festive sheep herders and even cowboys toss their wrangling ropes aside during the month of December for a more festive length of Holiday Lights... honest! They make great lassos.

Ok, it's not my fault, really. If you're like me, every year you take the lights out, they're all tangled up and you say to yourself, "you know, -this- year I'm going to put them away all neat and orderly so -next- year I won't have to untangle them!"

And of course we all forget this proclamation sometime around January or maybe March, whenever the lights come down and get hastily stuffed into a big bag.

At least that's how it goes at Dizzy Sheep Offices. And untangling the lights has, as you can see, resulted in the festive tangling of me. So here I am, an unable to move beacon of holiday spirit... if someone could just fetch my Santa Hat I'd be all set.

So are your lights up yet? I'd offer to help, but... yeah... I wonder if I'm considered a fire hazard now.

Oh and if you see Fred, stall him. He went to get the staple gun and I don't want him getting any "permanently attaching the lights to Dizzy" ideas!

Oh! Umm, hi there! Uhhh...

Shhhhhh!

Just forget you saw me and go back to bed. Santa Sheep don't exist and there's definitely no reason I'm wearing a Santa Hat, ok?

It's all just a dream...

It's happened to us all at some point in our lives. You're feeling good and healthy, have a great night sleep and wake up with...

A stiff neck!

Why is it stiff? Who knows... maybe my body thought sleeping on my head would be comfortable, maybe ninjas snuck in and roughed me up while I was dreaming about cupcakes. It makes no sense and it's best to just accept it and move on.

So I decided to see if the magical powers of Llama Silk soaked in castor oil would remedy my newfound inability to turn my head left. Don't worry, I won't send you this soggy hank...

Aww, thank you all for my happy birthday wishes!

Alfalfa and clover cupcakes are delicious and I don't know where the chocolate cake mountain is, but somebody please point me in the correct direction...

Can you  believe it's December?? There's so much to do! So much to do...