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From: gngladstone@watrose.UUCP (Gary Gladstone)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Twas the night before Xmas (rot13)
Message-ID: <6675@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 15:17:59 EST
Article-I.D.: watrose.6675
Posted: Sat Mar 31 15:17:59 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Apr-84 07:17:57 EST
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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'Gjnf gur avtug orsber Puevfgznf,
jura nyy guebhtu gur ubhfr,
Gur jubyr qnza snzvyl jnf qehax nf n ybhfr.
Tenaqcn naq tenaqzn jrer fvatvat n fbat,
naq gur xvq jnf va orq sybttvat uvf qbat.

Zn ubzr sebz gur pngubhfr,
naq V bhg bs wnvy, unq whfg frggyrq
Qbja sbe n tbbq cvrpr bs gnvy.
Jura bhg ba gur ynja gurer nebhfr fhpu n pynggre,
V whzcrq bhg bs zn gb frr jung jnf gur znggre.

Njnl gb gur jvaqbj V znqr n znq qnfu,
Guerj bcra gur jvaqbj naq sryy ba zl nff.
Naq jung gb zl oybbqfubg rlrf fubhyq nccrne
Ohg n ehfgl byq fyrvtu naq n qbmra ervaqrre.

Jvgu n yvggyr byq qevire ubyqvat uvf cevpx,
V xarj va n zbzrag gung onfgneq jnf avpx.
Fybjre guna fanvyf uvf punetref gurl pnzr.
Ur ovgpurq naq ur fjber nf ur pnyyrq gurz ol anzr.

"Abj Qnapre, abj Cenapre, hc bire gur jnyyf.
Dhvpx abj, qnza vg, be V'yy phg bss lbhe onyyf!"
Gura hc ba gur ebbs ur fghzoyrq naq sryy,
naq pnzr qbja gur puvzarl yvxr n ong bhg bs uryy.

Ur fgnttrerq naq fghzoyrq naq jrag gb gur qbbe,
Ur gevccrq ba uvf pbpx naq sryy gb gur sybbe.
V urneq uvz rkpynvz nf ur qebir bhg bs fvtug,
"Cvff ba lbh nyy, vg'f n uryy bs n avtug."
                             Tnel Tynqfgbar
                             ...jngzngu!jngebfr!tatynqfgbar