A Christmas of Hope and Peace

"Christmas is not just a season, but a state of mind. To cherish 
peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy is to have the real 
spirit of Christmas."
                                                         - Calvin Coolidge
* * * * * ** * * * * * * * * Christmas season is the time for singing holiday songs and choirs praising Jesus, our Savior, in reverent hymns. They honor the child who was born to right man's wrongs. The glow of candlelight flickers as each flame slowly dims. It's a world in which white quilts cover bare tree limbs. * * * * * * * * With joy I welcome the sweet silence of new-falling snow. In virginal purity, it tumbles, appearing so velvety soft. Crystalline flakes frost the panes as I look out my window and see somber gray clouds, hovering in the skies aloft while children build a snowman across the village croft. * * * * * * * * * Mantles are carefully draped with boughs of holly and pine as lights are strung and ornaments hung on Christmas trees. A golden star on the tallest branch shines gloriously divine. Gathering near the fireside, families are making memories. The scene resembles a snow globe full of winter fantasies. * * * * * * * * * * Christmas delivers a message of hope and peaceful repose, first gifted to the entire world on the night of Jesus' birth. In the spirit of the season, poets are motivated to compose, verses that express the magical mood of joviality and mirth where goodwill and brotherhood spreads across the earth. * * * * * * * * * Writing Challenge - Write A Christmas Poem 11/30/22 ~ Contest sponsored by Constance La France

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Date: 12/7/2022 10:37:00 AM
Jenna, congratulations on your win. Your poem, like Christmas itself, delivers the message of joy, peace and hope in beautiful, majestic images. Lovely, creative rhyme scheme. Sending you all the blessings of the season!
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/7/2022 12:47:00 PM
Thanks ever so much for your kind words, Sam. I value them.
Date: 12/5/2022 7:16:00 PM
Great scene-depiction and a very beautiful message given.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/7/2022 12:47:00 PM
I am so pleased that you found it to your liking. Thank you, Chris.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/7/2022 12:46:00 PM
I am so pleased that you found it to your liking. Thank you, Chris.
Date: 12/5/2022 12:37:00 AM
Jenna, a majestic and magical poem, congratulations on your win in my Writing Challenge - Write A Christmas Poem, well done, I love your quote also, and your layout is exceptional, blessings
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/5/2022 4:53:00 AM
I’m delighted you liked my entry,Constance. Thank you so very much for the placement.
Date: 12/3/2022 12:20:00 PM
Congrats on this worthy win, Jenna. Terry
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/5/2022 4:52:00 AM
Thanks for your kind comments, Terry.
Date: 12/3/2022 5:20:00 AM
Christmas is psychological. I think this is what I get. Thank you.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/3/2022 9:34:00 AM
You can make anything you wish to interpret from this one, Chris. Thanks for reading and leaving your kind comments.
Date: 11/30/2022 11:02:00 PM
You captured the spirit of christmas well Jenna. I like that quote, Christmas is a state of mind, not just at Christmas but all year round. We live in hope that one day everyone on earth will have peace in their lives. Tom
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2022 7:17:00 AM
Thank you for your lovely thoughts, Tom.
Date: 11/30/2022 4:12:00 PM
This is absolutely beautiful, Jenna. I wish you every good wish in the contest.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2022 7:16:00 AM
Thank you so very much for your kind words, Milt.
Date: 11/30/2022 3:35:00 PM
Beautiful scenery this is what it's about, that is the scene of a magical Christmas that one would never forget, love it
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2022 7:16:00 AM
Thank you, Stephan.
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