This post is not as Bah Humbug as you may think. As many readers know I have a pet peeve about mispronunciations, especially by newspeople who are paid huge amounts to speak correctly. Christmas brings with it a particularly annoying misspeak. This doggerel addresses it.

There is no Santa Claus.

In this festive season,
I wish broadcasters would pause
To remind each news staffer
That there is no Sanna Claus.

Reporters will be shattered
Anchors will be dazed,
And almost everyone in news
Will surely be amazed.

If you tell them bluntly
They’re sure to drop their jaws.
So why not whisper in their ears
“There is no Sanna Claus”?

There is no Sanna Claus, you know.
There simply is no Sanna.
Nor Sanna Cruz nor Sanna Fe
Nor a wind called Sanna Ana.

There Is no Sanna Barbara
What’s more, there never was.
There is no Sanna Rosa
And there is no Sanna Claus.

We put Christ in Christmas
So I’m asking you why canta
Group of news announcers
Put the T back in Santa.