Snow Angels, Snowpeople, and Evergreen Trees

Snow Angels, Snowpeople, and Evergreen Trees When winter comes, children know how to have fun. Laughing and catching snowflakes with their tongues Or lying flat on their backs with arms flapping up and down While swinging their legs in and out in unison; Then carefully standing up to step out of the area To marvel upon the angel shapes they’ve created. Or roll sticky snow into balls piled upon each To form snowpeople with stickily arms and no feet And coal chunk eyes and smiling lips and buttoned up chests And old scarves wrapped around their necks; With carrots for their noses and old, worn-out hats on their heads; That look almost real, so the children nodded and said. And evergreen trees they love to decorate to the hilt, With pretty ornaments, hanging icicles, and tinsel strings, And swirls and twirls of twinkling lights wrapped around the tree And a star of wonder, shining innocently, adorning the top, With presents underneath wrapped in colourful tissue paper. The first one to sleep is the first one to rise, come Christmas morning. ***