The title is a line from the Tweet Before Christmas Video Parody.  I wrote it about a month ago and then called on some of Twitter’s most elite to “act it out” in an attempt to create a viral holiday video.
In less than 4 days it has had over 1000 downloads and hundreds of tweets and retweets even from two of the subjects of the video Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki.

In an ironic statement is the sweet plea from Sacramento’s Fresh Country 101.9 the Wolf, Music Director,  Kelly Symone dressed as Mrs Claus to Country Music Singer Blake Shelton to “follow her” on Twitter….hopefully if he “adds” her she’ll “add” him, I bet he could make a joke about that.

It was edited by WXYZ TV-ABC Detroit’s Stephen Clark, Television Anchor and Country Music Singer/Songwriter.

Also appearing from the Country Music Community:
Kris Daniels, Music Director and Morning Show Personality, Country Stations WQNU (New Country Q-103.1) Louisville and WHKO (K99.1FM) Dayton, OH and Co-Creator of KrisCountry.com
Adam Drake, On-Air Personality KFWR (95.9 The Ranch The Sound Of Texas) Fort Worth / Mineral Wells, TX.
Dan Matthews, Assistant Program Director and Mid Day Personality, Country Station KAWO (WOW Country 104.3 – Idaho’s Fresh New Country) Boise, ID.

Making guest cameos are Bill Zucker from the Bill and Kelsey Show featuring Kelsey Grammer;
and what has to be the funniest video is San Diego’s Freelance Blogger Gina Stark; a hoot and holler from UK Actor Jon Ranwell; Bulls and Beavers creator/founder Chris Burget and the very beautiful Fitness Coach and Sears Fit Club partner Joyce Cherrier.

The cast includes Dave Malby who has close to 150, 000 followers and found Twitter as a way to cope with an ill spouse and turned it into a social and business networking tool for his products and his radio show on http://www.hotmix106.com/. Fashion Blogger CiaoBella50 claiming over 130,000 followers of her own and a blog that is followed by fashion icons Stefano Gabana, Donna Karan, and Bobbie Thomas, makes an appearance; Along with Jewelry Designer, Blogger and Radio Personality Sueanne Shirzay. Invited along by Sueanne and saving the day her friend Mike LaMonica.

If you watch NBC’s the Apprentice you may recognize Voice Over Actor Austin Keyes who can also be heard on Radio stations all over the world.  Syndicated Radio hosts Johnjay Van Es, Rich Berra and Kyle Unfug from the Johnjay and Rich Show made a guest appearance as well.

Also featuring, Owner of Wig Superstore Jason Ramsey, Zumba fitness instructor in Dallas Blanca, Tony Hastings owner of the Top 10 Blog online and last but certainly not least Moms Of America front person Debra Cincioni,

Written by @JessicaNorthey
Edited by @SClarkWXYZ

Performed by, in order of Apprerance
Jessica Northey aka @JessicaNorthey
Austin Keyes aka @AustinKeyes
Jason Ramsey aka @Jason__Ramsey
Tony Hastings aka @TheTop10Blog
Gina Stark aka @SuuperG
Mike LaMonica aka @MikeLaMonica
Joyce Cherrier aka @JoyceCherrier
Dave Malby aka @DaveMalby
Kris Daniels aka @KrisCountry
Blanca aka @ZumbaInDallas
Debra Cincioni aka @MomsOfAmerica
Adam Drake aka @AdamDrakeOnAir
Stephen Clark aka @SClarkWXYZ
Dan Matthews aka @DanMatthewsDJ
Bill Zucker aka @BillZucker
Kelly Symone aka @KellySymone
Jon Ranwell aka @SpitFireJon
Chris Burget aka @BullsAndBeavers
Bella aka @CiaoBella50
Sueanne Shirzay aka @SueanneShirzay
Rich Berra aka @RichBerra
Johnjay Van Es aka @JohnJayVanEs
Kyle Unfug aka @KyleUnfug
You can also click on the line below to see who performed it :)
Mouses were stirring, and eyes turning red.
Looking for fun, in all the wrong places;
Myspace, Linkedin, had no friendly faces.
Mafia wars, Farmville, not filling the void,
Accidentally found Twitter, on my new Droid.
Thought it was silly, useless, absurd;
But in less than an hour, I turned into a nerd!
Uploaded a picture from 10 years ago-
That’s good enough, no one will know!
No longer overweight, bald or unemployed;
Now sexy, exotic and overjoyed.
Visions of friendships, with musicians and stars,
This was way better, than any bar!
Stumbled on an account, called BLEEP my dad says;
And that celebrity blogger named Perez.
140 characters to make an impression,
Then my screen froze, so I tried to refresh it.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear;
But a funny looking whale, that filled me with fear.
I waited and waited, for a chance to tweet;
There was no way I’d accept defeat!
Back to the stream, back to the feed-
Reading all this info, with a hungry need!
Got advice from Guy, Brogan and Gary;
Decided not to listen, and spammed in a hurry!
Kardasian, Mashable, Ashton, Demi,
Ellen, Oprah, Beiber, Britney!
Follow me now, follow me please,
Follow me Blake, don’t be a tease!
Have to tell you, how my day began,
What I ate, what I drank, when I went to the can!
Then I heard a noise, from out my lawn;
It was getting late, close to dawn.
So I looked out the window and snapped a pic;
Tweeted a photo, of what I thought was Saint Nick!
It was my neighbor, Lady Gaga, wearing a suit;
Of red meat steak cutlets, and black stiletto boots!
And I heard her exclaim, as she ran out of sight,
“Alejandro, Alejandro,” and to all a good-night!
Thanks to all for helping make this video! Stephen Clark is an amazing, friend and trailblazer in Social Media.
He is the evening Anchor in Detroit for WXYZ TV/ABC Channel 7 and creator of the #BackChannel. Stephen did all the editing and finishing of the Tweet Before Christmas project.
I had the honor of speaking at the Arbitron Conference/Jacobs Media Summit along with Stephen.  http://www.jacobsmedia.com/summit/default.asp
Stephen has initiated a novel audience interactive program – The Backchannel - using Twitter to communicate with his audience as he’s putting together stories and during the newscasts themselves. The Backchannel is an innovative feedback loop that might just change television news.

Thanks again for your participation!
Jessica