Remember that the following may be Poems, Odes, Songs or Haikus.

(No one submitted an acrostic, how sad :P) I lied! The second entry is an acrostic!!

In Ikariam
Does Santa ride a bombard?
Drop toys, not missles.

Celebrate its Christmas time
Hear the choirs sing out
Remember long ago far away
In Bethlehem town, they say
Stars shone bright
Through the night, the wise men came
Manger born amidst the hay
All welcome the baby Christ
Sing for joy, peace on Earth this day

IKARIAM CHRISTMAS EVE

its Christmas in ikariam now
lets enjoy and decorate the places right now
let the citizen enjoy in this cold winter snow
for this is the time for celebration that is what we all know
put colorful lanterns outside your houses
all are participating and obviously rejoices
colorful lighted gyrocopter flew up in the sky
together with Balloon-Bombardier floating way up high
carrying large lanterns will light up the night
that even if your in the quarry you will still have a sight
Give those in the naval a simple congratulations
with them your towns where somewhat protected from different kinds of
infiltrations
Spies oh Spies show yourself for a while
the town already knows you so please smile
Hoplite, spearmen, swords and the like
please enjoy this moment for it only happens tonight
siege units please rest for a while
you can add more colors and make the children smile
The mayor of the town gives everyone a price
a wealthy life in ikariam to add a little spice
So lets enjoy this Christmas eve
even tomorrow is another day still there are lots to give.

Dear Ikariam,
In this game we call Ikariam
My heads boasts with delirium
Which alliance or town will fall
Well it is Christmas after all
May they see the Grinch or the heat miser
May all there military and ships be gone
Wood, wine, marble, crystal, and sulfur to be spread
May Santa deliver them all in red
For it is WAR that happens even at Christmas
And I love Ikariam and would not want to miss em.

To the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer


You know
Swordsmen and Hoplites and Archers and Bombs
Gunmen and Spearmen and Slingers and Rams
But do you recall
The most useful unit of all

Gyros where once so useless
Rarely were they used
It's true
We'd rather use the sulfur
To build an extra phalanx
Or two

Our armies were made of gunmen
Phalanx and siege units too
Gyros were all but forgotten
None were in the barracks queue

Then one day came 3.2
And the battle system changed
GF Santa gave them a different role
And now,they are totally uber cool

Now all of Ikariam love them
They build them in huge quantities
We cannot live without them
They're part of Ikariam History

Yes they're part of Ikariam history !!!

As war breaks during the holiday cheers,
As the night grow longer nearing the day of new years,
Enemies pause at the local tavern to share wine and beer.

The heat of battle leaves with with the holiday brews
As all sides celebrate another year brand new,
They even give each other gifts of weapons and armor, too.

Everyone celebrates during this season,
Even enemies, for one simple reason,
Seeing all people filled with joy is really quite pleasin'.

But alas, soon the holidays are done
with all side arming their guns
and waiting for the wars to be won

And so, the spies lay waiting for their pay,
the generals' minds are thinking about how to win the day,
and we, the players, sit at our screens, ready to play.

Look at that my General
The background so red and bright
What are you telling me ?

Is it a Christmas sign
Like lights and decorations on my tree
It must be a Christmas General

Should I choose to ignore
Just another slow boat to my proxy
Surely no one would attack me

Fighting at Christmas
This is a time to opening presents
Not pillage ones towns

I will just do my wine
Transport all that I need
Call it a night

Christmas morn I log in
I look and am surprised to see
Where are my troops?

All my wine that I sent
I look in my towns and what do I see?
It seemed to have wings

This sent waves of anger
Spreading like rings on the water
Time to return Holidays cheer

A hot battle
A wave attack, walls gone and flankers set
Oh, what a challenge

My troops win the day
And l I send them a lump of coal
Have a Happy Ikariam Christmas

Ambrosia Christmas

I thought I was ready for Christmas Day
When the game called Ikariam came by the way
The day was sunny the moment was bright
soon to have Ambrosia would open my sight.
Oh, for a bit, if only I had
my workers would be happy,not work hard or be sad
All of the resources that Ambrosia affords
opened my game and many a door
As I set out my pillage all happy and gay
My towns yelled, "Ambrosia" it leads the way.
Merry Ikariam Christmas as the troops they did leave
Hurry back, yelled the towns..in Ambrosia we believe.