Constance La France Poet Rhyme

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Our Christmas Tree

'Twas the night before Christmas, and
              Mom said to Dad-  now, this year get me a nice tree;
with no big branch gaps and tall, oh yes that was her demand,
so Dad took me by the hand and said, lets go see.
                          I am sure we can cut a good one down,
I know the perfect place, a farm just outside of town;
and we did find one with a glorious winter white gown. 
       But, when we got home it would not go in the door,
              so, Dad cut some branches and then more and more;
                          finally, we got it inside and then I heard Dad roar.
Too tall, so he cut off the top so it could in the corner stand,
                Grandma just rocked and smiled while sipping tea;
       our Christmas tree had big gaps and no crown,
                I had to cover my ears when Mom saw it and swore.
Oh, our tree was so ugly and far, far from grand,
               filling in the gaps with tinsel and lights, that was the key;
       but, by the morning in thistles our gifts did drown,
               the fact, our tree was hideous-  that fact we tried to ignore.

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November 21, 2018


Poetry/Rhyme/Our Christmas Tree
Copyright Protected, ID 18-1086-834-01
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym


Written for the contest, The Night Before
sponsor, Joseph May

Sixth Place

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Constance La France December 12, 2018 at 4:27 AM Thank you Timothy and Gregory for visiting my poem with comments and congratulations , appreciate, I have some really warm and fuzzy memories of those Christmas passed ~

Gregory Richard Barden December 12, 2018 at 12:41 AM Wonderful - I recognize your lovely form! Blessings and sincerest congratulations for your win in Joseph's fun Christmas contest, Constance - I pray you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season! Keep the ink flowing, my friend! :-) <3 Constance La France December 12, 2018 at 4:25 AM :-)

Timothy Mcguire December 10, 2018 at 4:21 PM Great job! Great win! What was granny sipping in that tea? She could have helped...... Constance La France December 12, 2018 at 4:25 AM drinking tea and supervising lol ~

Constance La France December 10, 2018 at 8:31 AM Thank you so much Jan and Brenda for visiting my poem with those comments and congrats, appreciate ~

Jan Allison December 9, 2018 at 5:21 PM what a cute story Constance, I'm sure you still had a memorable time:-) many congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx Constance La France December 10, 2018 at 8:31 AM Hugs!!

Constance La France November 24, 2018 at 10:31 AM Thank you so much Carolyn, John, and Paul for visiting my poem with those great comments, so appreciated. The poor glorious tree with her snow gown was made ugly with all that cutting here and there to make her fit inside but she was somehow beautiful although she had no thistles on Christmas day because she was surrounded by love. In time there was no chopping down of trees but take out of the box trees, so mom finally got her tree with no gaps and tall, but it wasn't the same ~

Paul Callus November 23, 2018 at 1:29 PM I love both this delightfully narrated poem and how you tree-shaped it, Constance. There was a time when I used to 'make' my own Christmas tree, but experience taught me that it is much easier to buy an artificial one that lasts for years on end...and less grumbling, too! a fav Regards // paul

John Gondolf November 23, 2018 at 12:30 PM Enjoyed reading this, Constance, even an ugly tree can adorned to make it beautiful, either way it represents the love. Best of luck in the contest. John

Carolyn Devonshire November 23, 2018 at 11:06 AM It sounds like the tree started out being beautiful, but after all the woes of finally getting it inside and decorated, some problems emerged. Enjoyed this delightfully witty poem, Dear Heart. Best wishes in the contest! Hugs, Carolyn

Constance La France November 23, 2018 at 10:17 AM Thanks Janice, Tania, and Charles for visiting my poem and commenting, I still remember that tree with no thistles, it was ridiculous but such a sweet memory ~

Charles Messina November 23, 2018 at 7:09 AM A delightful poem, Dear Heart! Enjoyed this as it brought me back a bit...Best wishes for a win...Charlie

Tania Kitchin November 23, 2018 at 5:10 AM Very cute, I can remember some of the trees we had in the past were not beauties but their scents were beautiful and made up for any imperfections, good luck in the contest!

Janice Canerdy November 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM Been there, done that, Dear Heart! I REALLY like this poem! Janice

Constance La France November 22, 2018 at 4:12 PM Thanks Gordon and Andrea for visiting and commenting, so appreciated. Yeah, Andrea, lots of contests but I am happy to say that at the moment I have entered all the ones I am interested in~

Andrea Dietrich November 22, 2018 at 3:14 PM so cutely done, Dear Heart. i am sitting here catching up to comments, thinking when can I get to the many contests I want to write for. OH MY. Anyway, I got this whole day to do stuff on my own. Joe is driving and I had thanksiving yesterday at a buffet with the grandkids!!

Gordon Mcconnell November 22, 2018 at 10:17 AM Lovely write indeed, so well constructed indeed, really enjoyed it!

Constance La France November 22, 2018 at 8:51 AM Thank you Jo, Pixie, Mohamad, Eve, and Kishan for visiting with those great comments, I appreciate so much~

Joanna Daniel November 22, 2018 at 8:19 AM A beautiful poem that brings the picture clearly to mind, Constance:)

Mystic Rose Rose November 22, 2018 at 6:00 AM Ah, its a fav. for me. I need read no more cuz I could see it all in my minds eye. May I share it on face book? Love to you dear poet. Write some more jewel words like these and everyone will be happy, including me. Constance La France November 22, 2018 at 8:52 AM Pixie, thanks for the offer of sharing on Facebook but I do not trust Facebook. Thanks for the FAV and compliment.

Mohamad Safan November 22, 2018 at 3:10 AM good work and good write

Eve Roper November 21, 2018 at 10:59 PM love the poem, Dear Heart, remembering going up on the mountain and chopping down a christmas trees with my husband.. a lot of them were just as you described ( large gaps ) not unless you bought it from a tree farm. good luck in the contest...

Kishan Sharma November 21, 2018 at 6:57 PM Beautiful write

Constance La France November 21, 2018 at 4:51 PM Tom, thanks for visiting with that great comment, yes it is a funny memory but one that touched my heart because no matter how ugly the tree (and we have pictures) Mom and Dad always made a wonderful Christmas ~

Tom Cunningham November 21, 2018 at 12:24 PM I can just picture the tree more suited for autumn than Christmas lol. That said its a wonderful memory to have and I bet you think of it every Christmas. Good luck. Tom.

Constance La France November 21, 2018 at 10:52 AM Chris, thanks for visiting my poem and commenting, this is a true story, we had a real ugly tree that year, besides being bare it had no crown, peoples eyes would go up, mom said she had no place to put her angel, darn it, but she used a worse word than darn !

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