A marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of a green tree frog wearing a Christmas hat, clinging to a vertical stick, with lights in the dark behind. The frog is facing left, with a slight smile, clinging to a brown stick so that their pink underside is visible. One leg is down, one leg is up. The frog’s eye is gold with a horizontal black pupil. Gold lettering at the lower left of the drawing says “Xmas Frog on a Log!!”. The frog has a gold-edged white speech bubble, and is singing “Quank, quank, quaaaank!” [this is the noise a green tree frog makes; they’re sometimes known as rain frogs, because they sing before it rains, and they’re very loud.] There are small notes in the speech bubble to make it clear the frog is singing. There is a red star indicating a note, which is in white at the bottom left of the drawing, edged in gold. It says: “To the tune of ‘Silent Night’”, ending with two red stars, indicating another note underneath, which says “Irony! Xmas Forg is loud!”. The background is dark grey-green, with multicoloured lights haloed in soft white. I don’t like the Elf on the Shelf, I like the Frog on the Log! Photo reference for frog: John White/J.D. Kleopfer, from “A Guide to the Frogs and Toads of Virginia” Special Publication #3 by the Va Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries (date unknown, about 2010).

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That little red-robed spy is not Christmas. Come to the Frog side! Forg is not spy! Forg is full of Xmas cheer!
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