'unno. Got harder to write the further along it went.
'Twas the night before the update, when all through the forums
Not a poster was stirring, not even the trolls;
The regions were set to Paraguay with care,
In hopes that the update soon would be there;
The traders were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of craft-numbers danced in their heads;
And ned in his keyboard, and the guys with a wiki cap,
Had almost logged out for a long winter's nap,
When out on the inbox there arose such a clatter,
They sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window they opened in a flash,
Tore open the homepage and forgot a backslash.
The their error corrected, the web page now would show
A sight as welcome as fresh fallen snow,
When, what to their wondering eyes should appear,
But a hlds email, and eight tiny patch notes,
And then, so lively and quick,
They knew at that moment the clock began to tick.
More rapid than eagles these heralds they came,
And they whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Scout! now, Soldier! now, Pyro and Heavy!
On, Medic! on Sniper! on, Demo, Spy, and Engineer!
To the top of library! to the map of itemtest!
Now test away! test away! test away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So to the Steam Library the coursers they flew,
With the all programs closed, and other games too.
And then, in a hour, they heard from the speaker
The the final ding of every last byte.
As they closed the window, and clicked “play now,”
Op came the update with a sound.
It was all shiny and new, from the items to the map,
And its code was all tarnished with bugs and glitches;
But a bundle of guns it had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
The items -- how they twinkled! their models how merry!
There were hats like roses, and a bomb like a cherry!
Each user would receive a gift with a bow,
And our favorite maps have been covered with snow;
The Medic got a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the Pyro got a hat like a wreath;
The Heavy got a belt for his round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
The Scout was elated, no longer an elf,
But we still laughed when we saw him, in spite of ourselves;
The Demo got an eye, that lit up in red.
And of course the Soldier had nothing to dread;
The Spy said not a word, but went straight to his work,
And sapped all the sentries; then turned with a jerk,
And turned as the Sniper doused his clothes,
And giving a nod, the engineer rose;
Repairing the new dispenser, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all ran down to cap the next point.
And thus the threads began pouring in, stating
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."