He didn’t believe / we could do 365 / Christmas all year ’round!
We wish you the best / regardless what you believe / good tidings and health!
Time is winding down / Like production time for toys / haikus last few days
August is so hot / Elves want air conditioners / And snowmen are scarce
September brings Fall / Vacation ends for us all / All Elves back to work
October is spooky / Scares the Dickens out of me / Christmas ghosts roam free
November checklist / The good and bad are known / Screened out the turkeys
December is here / Everything is ready to go / Time for the big show
Melchoir brought the gold / Frankincense from Balthasar / And Gasper brought myrrh?
Left a glass of milk / In the morning, it’s still there / Brandy is missing!
Jingle jingle bells / On my sleigh,beautiful sound / Ringing in Christmas
Shiny Brite baubles / Adorn my tree high and low / What a Christmas glow!
Warm Christmas mulled wine / Sipped on a cold winter’s night / Makes everything right
Mistletoe above / So I kisses the misses / Then look for my wife
Santa left a mess / Soot and ash throughout the house / Mom was not happy
Jingle, jingle bells / Quasimodo loves Christmas / Jingle, jingle bells!
Unexpected stop / Bareback—not good for Dasher / needed a short rest
A weekend away / Santa must get back up North / Elves behind schedule
Riding the ferry / makes Santa thankful for deer / much more efficient
Weekend at the beach / kids mistake him for a whale / can’t wear the speedo
Heat Wave in the States / Santa hopes they don’t come North / tourists stomp his snow.
Got a call from Mel / Hoping that Santa forgives / throwing sand at Greg
Virginia still doubts / Santa really exist, but / He believes in her
The saint Nick diet / Of cookies and milk gives a- /Well rounded figure
Miss Red Riding Hood / Wants just one thing this Christmas / Her grandmama back
Summer is the time / That snowmen take vacation / In Antarctica
Chicken little cried / When she saw eight reindeer fly / “Look up in the sky”
Jack went up the stalk / To wish a merry Christmas / Giant said “Humbug”
My chimney is small / Santa could not fit at all / Presents left by door
Cats and dogs like toys / Just like good girls and good boys. / Here comes Santa Claws.
Fireworks and grills / Santa sits back and enjoys / Independence Day
Sugar plum fairies / Leap, dance, twirl throughout my head / Sweet, Nutcracker Suite
Carrots for noses / Coal for eyes,and corn cob pipes / Add snow, for cool men
July is the month / Fireworks light the night sky / Like a christmas tree
Flying through the air / Presents for here and there / Delivered with care
How old is Santa? / Little Timmy wants to know / Kim guesses sixty
Dim the lights tonight / Poker game in the basement / Santa needs new sleigh
The snowman long gone / the grass is long enough now / for reindeer to graze
Little Miss Muffet / Asked Santa for a tuffet / And a can of raid!
Little Tommy Stout / Saved the pussy from the well / And Santa left toys
Little Johnny Flynn / Tried to drown poor pussy cat / And Santa left coal
Lady in the shoe / Asked Santa for just one gift /A size twenty two
Santa was worried / For Humpty after party / He gifted a net
Jack in the corner / Sat and ate his Christmas pie / And it was plum good
Mary had a little lamb / But Santa’s reindeer looked grand / So she traded up
Santa left a pail / For Jack and Jill on the hill / Filled with much candy
Hey diddle diddle / Elves, reindeer and a fiddle / Christmas Eve Square Dance
Santas and Snowmen / Rabbits, goblins, made by hand / Vaillancourt Folk Art!
Glad to be retired / Came to Collector’s Weekend / And got my Santa!!
“I’m a collector / Vaillancourt is very dear / Been many a year”
Come visit Sutton / Santas, Rabbits, Halloween / Vaillancourt is here
Thanksgiving, Christmas / All the holidays you know / Halloween also!
Vaillancourt Weekend / Came to us every April / You should come here too!
It’s important that / Good Christmas chocolate is one / of the four food groups
June is for weddings / Gifts are in the registry / Santa gets a break
Vaillancourt Weekend / with the best of fellowship / Happens all year round
It’s almost Christmas / Vaillancourts is always fine / Santa of all kinds
A Dickens Christmas / how wonderful to behold / keep Christmas all year
Chalkware in a row / Santas tall, short, plump and bright / bringing happiness
Judi can design / the most spectacular things / I wish I could too
Gerald D was here / Spreading joy and Christmas cheer / Doing Dickens proud
Halloween, Christmas / Easter bunnies, turkeys too / All done by Judi
As Gerald doth spoke / of Christmas joy and good will / Echoing Charles’ words
Christmas Cheer year ’round / friends and family together / sing festive carols
Baking until 2:00 / Yummy coconut cupcakes / diet starts Monday
Deck the halls with joy / Vaillancourt Santas galore / festivity-filled
Judi and Gary / Make Christmas more fun for me / Baking Gingerbread
Collector’s Weekend / Painting, Family, Friends, and food / Traditions Start here
Painting at Vaillancourts / Mine is a work in progress / Painting is close now
Vaillancourt Folk Art / Collections inspired themes / maintain lasting charm!
Oh to paint Santa / It’s harder than it should be! / Oh drat! Made a splat!
Go Faster, Faster! / The time is growing nearer / Santa is waiting!
Spring birds all around / sunshine warms us all the time / Christmas is coming!
Daffodils now grow / no where do we see the snow / Enjoy the sunshine
Now Springtime is here / Christmas seems so far away / But you just behave!
When Cindy Lou Who / Caught the Grinch with the presents / She believed his lies.
My gingerbread house / Trimmed with icing and gumdrops / Truly Home Sweet Home
Ralphie wants a gun / But everyone gives warning / “You’ll shoot your eye out!
New reindeer recruits /Arrive at Santa’s workshop / To start flight training.
I woke up early / Mom gave Santa Claus a kiss / And Dad shook his hand
Ginger to marry / To a baker- Johnny Bread / Now she’s Ginger Bread.
Santa at auction / Looking for a new red sled / Got outbid today.
Jolly elf Tom Kane / Met Candice at New Year’s Bash / Now she’s Candi Kane.
Painting my santa / Can’t seem to get the eyes right / I’ll make him sleeping!
Judi Vaillancourt / An incredible painter / talented artist
by: Fred and Diane S.
Try as Santa May / Reindeer won’t let Rudolph play / He’ll shine later
April brings showers / Mrs Clause plants flowers / Elves work long hours
March signals the time / Santa’s workshop Springs to life / Elves brush off the tools
February snow / Taking the sleigh to grammas / Laughing all the way
January bliss / Presents are all delivered / Santa takes a rest
from near and quite far / in an airplane, car and train / gather in Sutton
Judi’s museum will / be arranged for full view for / collectors weekend
Blaxton’s hall welcomes / collectors from near and far / in Christmas spirit
collectors weekend / special santas avail / to the collectors love
collectors weekend / banquet and Dickens lecture / will be just dessert
collectors weekend / the Fezziwigs reception / will have you dancing
collectors weekend / Christmas revels with music / will make spirits bright
collectors weekend / Bill Wallace’s valentine cards / are the best around
collectors weekend / Bruce Elsass on Halloween / will get spirits up
collectors weekend / judi’s lecture on dickens / will be well worth while
collectors weekend / paint your own santa with us / and have a good time
He went to GiftMart / to see what the new toys are / minimums went up
Santa’s fingers sore / it is tough to type haikus / every single day
The good ole days gone / 2.2 billion kids now / most of them are good
Letters keep coming / so many claim to be good / it’s a mess to file
Depression sets in / another day without snow / it is not the same
Not sure when it came / nor how long it sat outside / that is why he delivers
Computer went down / can’t find any of the SKUs / Santa needs a Mac
Promotion for Mae / She has been here the longest / up, up the ladder!
Some elves have come back / but a dozen found new work / moved to the big city
Had lots of coffee / and now there is a long line / Santas gotta go!
Easter Bunny came / but this is a Christmas blog / so, “ho ho ho ho!”
Little Johnny’s sad / Santa, no where to be found / hes walked the mall twice
A deep wishing well / is more scary than the lap / to ask for fun toys
It feels much like Spring / Mrs. tends to the garden / She wants to grow flowers
For those who follow / our tiny 4 is here! / how can you not want???
It is the last day / A new tiny santa soon / get him while he lasts!
Had lots of showers / the flowers will grow so strong… / …can’t wait for the snow
March is almost done / And April will soon be here / Then it’s December
I like christmas presents / Giving to friends and family / Getting is better
Reindeer can not sing / And elves all have two left feet. / No Holiday Show!
Better than money / Chalkware piece for your honey / She”ll think you are sweet
Deep down in our hearts / There is only one St. Nick / He lives in us all.
Santa took a Fall / But didn’t get hurt at all / Jelly Belly saved.
Summer at North pole / Not much different than Winter / A little less snow.
A Spring in his step / A jolly Santa gets prepped / To deliver toys
In front of the fire / With a warm Winter blanket / Reading Charles Dickens
He looked down to see / As he sat with his feet up / a hole in his sock
The Heavenly Choirs / That sing well each Christmas eve / Brings a smile to all
Brenda Lee did sing / Rocking Around Christmas Tree / In the late 1950s
Crosby The Crooner / Sang White Christmas many times / Each time was special
Bare Naked Ladies / Sing ‘God Rest Ye Gentlemen’ / In a brand new way
Bless you, Everyone / From the Lips of tiny Tim / Brings tears to our eyes
Oranges, brown cloves / decorate the perfect scene / smells and looks so great
A good Christmas punch / Toasts welcome the season / fellowship complete
A Gingerbread House / It’s baked and decorated / an evening complete
Pine cones and popcorn / Strung and hung on Christmas Trees / Family traditions
Snowflakes big and small / Fall gently in the forest / spreading white carpet
Ornaments glisten / hanging on a Christmas tree / catch the light gently
Candlelight is soft / a fireplace burns for warmth / and hot chocolate soothes
Wooden toboggan. / Me and three of my best friends / Speeding down the hill!
Need fertilizer / For his Christmas Spring Garden. / Reindeer fed real well!
Wanting a garden, / Santa got a little help. / Told elves- Hoe!, Hoe!, Hoe!
Scariest of all / Ghost of Christmas yet to come / Change – or no love lost!
Ghost of Christmas Now / Showing how others see you / And what you might change.
Ghost of Christmas Past / Shows what was and can not change / Fix, don’t repeat it!
Ghost of Christmas Past / Tiny time and Bob Cratchet / A Christmas Carol
A new list started / Of the nasty and the nice / Santa’s watching you
Washington Irving / To have a Merry Christmas / Visits Bracebridge Hall.
Nick’s elves unionize / Warmer workshop, newer tools / And more gingerbread!
Smell – chestnuts roasting / Hear – The carolers sing / See – Happy faces
Spring is coming quick / Easter Bunny on “Good” list / Dyed Santa’s eggs Red
Virginia believes / Popcorn and berry garland / Makes Christmas trees glow
Stockings hung with care / Milk and Cookies on Table / Soon he will be there
A reindeer recall / Their hoofs lose traction on ice / Might get reindeer shoes
Decided on Maine / Reindeer dealer has big sale / He wants to upgrade
Mr. and Mrs. Go South / A tropical Vacation / South to Canada
Reindeer in the house / never clean their hooves off well / mud and snow all over
Workshop is quiet / all the elves have the day off / finally some rest
Heard scratching at night / opened the locker slowly / elf was locked inside
Stopped by the workshop / he left his tool belt in there / has to fix the sleigh
Poor Rudy flutters / When sweet Gina hops on past / and smiles his way
Did you here the one? / How the reindeer all have fun. / North Pole limbo, mon!
Frosty hates summer / Bronzed bodies are all the rage. / And snowmen can’t tan!
How many reindeer? / To change out a burnt lightbulb. / None, they use Rudolph!
Holidays over. / Time for the gym and diet. / Too much goose and pie!
Sir Scrooge and Marley / worked in their counting house / and were known louses
Ebenezer scrooge / discovered Christmas one night / after a big fright
Claus and Mrs Claus dance / ballroom style with the elves / when the work is done
candy canes taste good / for good children in the hood / especially true
He dresses in red / so children can see him too / in dreams vivid true
shiny boots are bright / so Santa can see his feet / in the dark chimney
dark black shiny shoes / Mrs Claus shines them every night / so Santa feels right
Father Christmas says, / “You better behave,” / “for a few more months.”
Almost missed a day / The elves were in the sauna / Wanted to stay in
Haikus are so fun / when Santa Claus is watching / with his feet on desk
Single white snowflake / Mother Nature’s work of art. / Not by the thousands!
Valentine Santa / in red and white with hearts / makes a special gift
Santa and Rudolf / lead the display of new pieces / down in Atlanta
Red and green tinsel / with ornaments decorate / make the season bright!
Cut birch trees / make chalkware display stand out / from all the others
Garland hung with love / Hanging from ceiling above / Glowing in the light
Christmas Treasures Bright / To build a small child’s delight / On a Christmas night
Ornaments hung high / to keep from children’s small hands / avoid a clean up
Stupid reindeer games / Cupid with bow and arrow. / A pain in the butt
Be careful walking / Lurking around the corner / Children with snowballs
Mrs. Claus baking. / Elves sweeping up the workshop. / Santa snores in chair.
Toys, finished on time. / Tough! says Hermey the Dentist. / “It’s like pulling teeth”
Silver bells ring loud / In the town square, such a crowd. / Rudolph-Clarice wed.
Mistletoe beckons / Gentlemen don’t kiss and tell, / But that kiss was swell!
Reindeer off-season / Give Santa back massages- / “Paws that Refreshes”
Dashing through the snow. / Left the house, kids did not go! / Need Gram’s bathroom – Now!
Dancing on tables! / Grampa with lampshade on head! / Who spiked the eggnog?
Does Santa go South / for a vacation this time / with the elves in charge?
Santa Claus Must Like / This time of year way up North / Takes naps and works hard
Three magi appear / The nativity’s complete / The Epiphany!
The holiday fun / Like the Christmas fudge is done / Time to clean the house
The end of the year / Some things got done, some did not / That’s why there’s next year!
Snow keeps coming down / it is mid-January / I’m ready for Spring
Presents under tree / And Children are under foot! / Break out the egg nog!
Christmas carol sung. / Where is my figgy pudding? / Then I can go home.
A Christmas Carol / Scared the Dickens out of me! / Nice person I’ll be.
Freshly fallen snow / Nice in hills and valleys, but / Not in my driveway
My first Chalkware piece / Given with Love, Affection! / New tradition born.
Grinch did discover / It’s Friends and Family that count / Lessons from Whoville
Man in the Moon sighs, / How can Santa get to me? / Need plum pudding pies.
A chalkware turkey / Beautiful to see and hold / Don’t try to cook it!
New Morning Has Come / Welcome to two-thousand-ten / A Year of great things!
Santa likes Korbels / poured glasses for him and mrs. / Happy New Years Eve!
Santa has started / editing the naughty list / some boys just don’t share
one, two, three, four, five / I received five pairs of socks / the others had holes
It’s three days after / and lists are already in / for Christmas next year
Phone calls from Strangers / letters over flow mailbox / thank you, Santa Claus!
Boots are off, feet are up / Mrs. Claus gives great foot rubs / to those who work hard.
A Merry Christmas / To all of you, From us at / Vaillancourt Folk Art
Night Before Christmas / and all is still through the house / Children are in bed.
Mrs. Claus is sad / always worries about him / traveling alone.
Preparing the duck / For a Christmas eve dinner / Hope Steve brings the sides
A Christmas Carol / can be heard out the front door / your neighbors are cold
Charles Dickens once wrote / a story about Christmas / to be read out loud
Christmas lights are bright / some even sync with music / others are steady.
Week after Men’s Night / have to wrap my presents tight / or the wife will peek!
Krampus gives warning / Misbehave, happiness wanes. / Gifts will disappear.
Freshly fallen snow / Blanket the hills and valley / Look for reindeer tracks
Ice hangs in the trees. / Skaters glide gleeful on lake. / Father Frost has come!
Kings walk through the night, / A star overhead burns bright. / Born is a new World!
Christmas can be fun. / For Santa, this can wreck it. / Reindeer with the runs!
Twelth Day of Christmas / Shouldn’t have had all that Glogg / Drums are way too LOUD!
Christmas-Eleven / A long clay pipe smoked gently / Perfect end to Day.
Tenth Day of Christmas / My Lord ! Look at all the stuff, / Leaping off the shelves
Ninth Day of Christmas / No pots or houseware presents, / Ladies dance for Joy!
Eighth Day of Christmas / I truly need a few Maids, / A big party Mess!
Christmas Day Seven / Swans depressed- Can’t go swimming / Lakes are all frozen!
Sixth Day of Christmas / Hope I got right Vaillancourt / Or my goose is cooked!
Fifth Day of Christmas / Rings all over my tables. / No one used coasters!
Fourth day of Christmas / Calling birds cackle and sing / Oh! What a racket!
Third day of Christmas / Holiday party prepared / Where are the french hens?
Day two of Christmas / Turtle doves fly from my hand / Peace throughout the land
First day of Christmas / A partridge sits in a tree / A sign of true love.
Snowmen don’t grow old / Around for just a season / But return next year.
Night before Christmas / It is Silent and Holy / Fa la la la la
red and green berries / hung on the fireplace mantel / bring joy to the heart
Starlight, a starlight / First starlight I see tonight. / Coming home with me!
A Thanksgiving feast / although amazing, will not, / replace Christmas goose!
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s one month away / a most special Christmas day / Ready for the cheer??
garland and tinsel / brighten up the old cupboard / with soft twinkle lights
a red christmas tree / with lots of twinkling lights / shows glass ornaments
a green feather tree / with lots of spaces between / shows off Christmas lights
tinsel hung with care / on a Christmas tree somewhere / is shining for me
Believe it or not / Santa is coming to town / on Christmas at night
Sing Christmas carols / with a strong voice full of love / for grace from above
The Christmas fairy / will deliver Christmas cheer / each and every year
Rudolf and Clarice / share the Christmas adventure / that warm time of year
The pretty paper / to wrap our special presents / for our lovely wife
Reindeer need a break. / Can not afford a big rig. / Santa rides a pig!
Thinks of nothing else / Nothing done around the house / Too many haikus
Mid air collision! / A fat man, haggard old witch! / “Ghostly” happening!
King Arthur’s lament. / His Queen Guinevere desires / Knight Before Christmas!
A halloween switch. / Santa in ears, a puff tail! / A basket, no sled.
Scrooge and his money. / Marley, Tiny Tim, and ghosts! / Tale of Two Pities!
Broke a leg skiing? / Here is a word to the wise: / Don’t use candy cane!
Mom always told me / God and santa will watch me / A good girl to be
Jingle, jingle bells / Cookie and milk at each stop. / Watch the belly swell!
Stuck in the chimney / Santa started to panic! / He’s Claus-trophobic!
A bell rang tonight / Another angel took flight / A Wonderful Life!
Blowing winter snow / Hot cocoa and marshmallows / Good book, warm blanket
Warm winter sun / Not a day at the beach / For snowmen at all
Santa can’t dress up / He’s busy getting ready / Leave Candy at door
Frosty the snowman / Magic hat and corncob pipe / Winter fun delight
One day unites us / Giftgivers travel the lands. / Peace, love, hope for all!
santa claus in a car / never has far to travel / to find a warm heart
claus with a candy cane / for a special boy or girl / who comes with a smile
santa claus holding / a shiny bright ornament / to hang on a tree
Mental note for you / CHRISTMAS IS TWO MONTHS AWAY / you seen our chalkware?
santa in a chair / holding a brown teddy bear / for a very good girl
a full christmas moon / a snowman and cardinal / brings christmas delight’
Black Peter, St. Nick / Travel the lands, coal and toys / So which will you get?
blue with silver trim / for twenty five years of joy / for true collectors
a snowman with pipe / and a stoneware mug and pipe / is in the spirit
even santa claus / gets’a dressed for halloween / for trick or treating
Sleigh and deer on roof. / Carefully check insurance, / For the Santa clause!
Gingerbread houses / Icing and gumdrops adorn. / Look good, taste better!
A starlight bought now, / Can make a smile from a frown / Of kids all around!
Hope and love for all / St. Nick, a sleigh, eight reindeer / Flying in nights air!
Virginia dream’n / Sugar plum fairies dance’n / Tin soldiers march’n
Shattered glass on floor / santa sucked in his gut, though / still could not fit past
red, gold, and silver / are the only colors here / for a festive tree.
Search, La Befana / With gifts, through out all the land. / Where is the Christ child?
No mice were stirring / Kitten curled up and purring. / Here comes Santa Claws!
Santa at the beach / Is never out of our reach / For good boys and girls
warm chocolate milk / A big healthy warm cookie / Makes Santa claus smile
Santa has one beer / After a long night of cheer / Before a long nap
krampus is very Dutch / Saint Nicholas is also / Children are as well
Rudolph won’t get out / it is much too cold for him / heated blanket on
saint nick is for good / Belsnickle is for the bad / Children of the world
they say not to trust / a skinny chef, but I say / santa must be fat!
oil paint galore / lots of patience to deplore / to make them special
Knickerbocker smokes / Puppy lovingly by side / Kids sleep anxiously
Freshly fallen snow / Riding a sled, cold and bold / Oh! A child to be!
The month is over / Three more until the big day / Good-bye September
The dry cleaner called / he can’t get the chocolate out / melted in pocket
velvet, silk, cotton / all at once, or none at all / when making his suit
candy canes with swirls / gum drops with lemon flavors / dentist will be mad
one two three four five / count the boxes with surprise / don’t open them yet!
Santa has red cheeks / a big thick mustache and beard / a very warm heart
Stocking hung with care / in hopes of Saint Nicholas / will sooner appear
Hot apple cider / chestnuts roasting on open fire / fills heart with desire
cookies and warm milk / make santa relax and smile / for the extra mile
Father Christmas knows / who is especially nice / and whose heart is ice
Visions of sugar / plums dancing into her head / at nighttime in bed
Dancer Prancer Comet / pulling santas sleigh with toys / for good girls and boys
Nantucket santa / top sails and whales delivered / on Christmas morning
Glogg on the table / Reindeer left unattended / All have red noses
This great white pumpkin / glows with Christmas spirit more / than Halloween light.
Children on a sled / makes everyone exhausted / to sleep well tonight
Sing Joy to the world / the Christ Child is born today / with hope for mankind
Starlight star bright claus / helps critically ill kids / through Vaillancourt sales
jingle jingle bells / the horse knows the way for sleigh / santa is on way
Puddle in kitchen / Burnt cookies in the oven, / Snowmen shouldn’t bake.
Good Children place treats / plate of cookies, cup of milk / with love for santa
Christmas stocking hung / by a lit fire with care / in hopes of Saint Nick
A Christmas sunrise / makes a beautiful morning / for a boy’s delight
Christmas morning snow / is magical to behold / a blessing from God
santa is coming / children are naughty or nice / coal or gifts receive
Christmas is coming / The goose is getting fatter / give me a penny
Bitter December / Kids snowball old Mr. Jones / We need lots of coal.
I hope it will hold / The heavy paws of Reindeer / Just got a new roof
Look straight up above / While he is going by / Might be a bad move
Looking down below / While going very fast / Makes anyone sick!
Shiny star on top / Baubles, lights, tinsel adorn / Darn needles on ground.
Christmas in August / Would only be fun just once / We would miss the snow
Spirit of Christmas / always keep it in your heart / Peace, joy, happiness
Holidays are fun / everyone is on the run / time to celebrate
Christmas is so near! / Everyone is in good cheer / waiting for Santa
Plum pudding smells right / Gingerbread in the oven / Fruitcake forgotten
Gingerbread is made / Mrs. Claus sees that it is / while santa stares
What does Mrs. do / when he is gone for so long / entertains the elves
Vintage moulds are used / and some times modern day too / by the Vaillancourts
For how many years / has Father Christmas roamed here / more than you and me
It’s humid this day / but in four more months we’ll see / snow and ice and trees
Heat waves are not fun / especially for the young / waiting his visit
Santa likes to walk / Each year before his big ride / And not with his bride
Christkindle and deer / Is a German tradition / For many long years
Kris in Nantucket / A plump goose in Pawtucket / Christmas meal-pluck it
Short, fat, jolly too / Santa looks happy to go / On a sleigh for you
Christmas is coming / Although maybe months away / Snow will blanket soon
Santa Claus is here / make sure the kids are in bed / or coal is your gift
Mrs. Claus went out / needed to buy more fabric / bad cookie habit
It’s Our First Haiku / Trying to make Santa proud / We want lots of toys









