December Twenty-Fourth--Shoebox

Write a riddle whose answer is shoebox.

Shoebox Example Riddle

I've languished in your closet,

I've hidden in the dark,

In a stack of empty boxes,

My course as yet unmarked.

Then one bright day in autumn

You take me from the shelf

And fill me with new treasures

Like a Christmas elf.

But really, you're an angel

For children far away

Who will get lovely presents

For the first time this Christmas day.

Thank you, kindly Santa,

For packing me with care,

Labelling me in red and green

My gorgeous gifts to share.

(It's too late this year to send out a shoebox with Operation Christmas Child, but check it out. It's a lovely Christmas tradition to pack a shoebox with gifts for children in need around the globe.)