In One Ear: 'A right salty old tar'
Since Astoria is a fishing town â among other things bright and beautiful, of course â it's only fitting that there should be a maritime version available of Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas Eve poem, "The Night Before Christmas." And indeed, there is one: " The Bight Before Christmas," by Alaska fisherman and journalist, Will Swagel. A bight, if you didnât know, can be a loop of rope, or a curve in the coastline, among other things. Swagel's version has Santa not in a sleigh, but in a "mythical skiff drawn by eight ocean creatures." Santa, "a right salty old tar," is ...
Source: dailyastorian.com