An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line, in sequence, will form a name, motto, or other message. Acrostics often commemorate holidays; for example, many Americans once marked Mother’s Day with a song that began “M is for the many things she gave me.” And a Google search for “Christmas acrostic” brings up this many results.
Apparently Arnold Schwartzenegger, who for some reason that eludes me is the Governor of California, views his vetoes as holidays. Note the heartwarming free-verse acrostic in his latest veto message to the state legislature, via Wonkette :
acilius
believer1
lefalcon
losthunderlads
vthunderlad
Panther Red 
cymast
/ October 28, 2009A member of my former poetry group once
composed an acrostic of my first name, then
read it aloud during a poetry meeting. He’s
one of my favorite poets, but not for that
simple reason. His poems were usually quite
twisted and bizarre, and he was the most
interesting member. At one point I had a
crush on him.
acilius
/ October 28, 2009He must have been
one very
whimsical writer to have produced
such a poem
when he could just as
easily have composed something
every bit as amusing without such
tiring effort.