Dominican Christmas poem

Twas the Night before Christmas, in the sunny DR
All the people were stirring, lots of honks from a car
The weather was warmer, with no chance of snow
With stealthy mosquitoes wherever you go

The children were lying on top of their beds
While the loud air conditioning dripped down on their heads
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap
Remembered we still had some presents to wrap

When out on the street, there arose such a clatter,
We ran to the window to see what was the matter.
The noise was coming, from a domino game
Out side a noisy Colmado with an American name.

We were a little bit worried they'd scare Santa away
That he wouldn't be able to find a good place for his sleigh
"Should we sing Silent Night?" I asked with a pout
When all of a sudden, the power went out

So we went back to bed, and slept through the night
'Cept once when some fireworks gave us a fright
But the next day was Christmas, and Christmas still came
No snow and no evergreens, but it came just the same.

We went to a friend's house, for dinner next day
Piled into a publico, cheaper travel that way.
We weaved thru the traffic, avoiding a crash
Over a policia acostada, we felt the car bash

We got to our friend's house, and hear their raves and their rants,
Seems the Christmas ham, had been devoured by ants
So we whipped up a dinner of brown abichuela
And listened to stories from someone's abuela.

Then we sang some old carols and talked for a while
We shared tales of life, with a laugh and a smile
So Christmas away, can sometimes seem odd
But with family, friends and Jesus, it's still a Feliz Navidad.