Christmas Family Poems

 The rocking chair 
With grandmas loving care
The one that's so old I do declare
My how the generations just slip through the air
As each new...

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sit and listen to the quiet
it's outside the christmas norm
because now, when all is silent
it's the calm before the storm

the kids are upstairs sleeping
you're resting,...

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Ho ho ho I love the snow
How it flows only God knows
This is the holiday season 
With so many spending without reason
This is why I always...

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Christmas is here
The family is gathering at Darrell & Lola's
Bowling alley this year
For a few good laughs
And lots of good beer
Potluck don't have to cook...

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You've read my rant from yesterday
About those Christmas Letters
But one thing just disturbs me
Those Ugly Christmas Sweaters!!!

You know the ones we love to hate
They're ...

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Christmas Eve was coming
There was plenty to be done
There were protocols to follow
There were programs to be run

Presents needed wrapping
Elves had duties of their own
They've...

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Christmas is traditions
some last and others die
some leave you feeling fuzzy
others leave you asking "Why?"
There's rules that must be followed
And most of them we know
About...

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Into Young Womanhood

this glorious role, sans
     helping beget and nurture thine first born
three day shy of Christmas 1996,
   ...

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The Visit

Dimly lit room with flowered wallpaper, 
bridal chamber for a couple, 1920.
In her noontime daydream she could see back then.

Coal dust between her fingers,
a...

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            "Life is not measured by the number of breaths 
   ...

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Christmas means many things, to different people. 
Some it's the lights that twinkle on the tree or the smiles on Christmas morning. 

Children giggling with glee...

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Lonely widow hums as
She meticulously sets out
Her Christmas china
Lovely napkins
And candles

Her table lays awaiting
Festivities of yesteryear

No one is scheduled to come
But one never knows

This living...

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To my friends and family

You are the ones who let me in
When I need an Inn
Even when I have to stay in a kraal
You will...

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Christmas is a time 
To spend with loved ones
Families assemble together 
And have so much fun 
We gather around the tree 
To sing carols all...

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I milk this season for all it's worth,
remembering the time of my Savior's  birth,
with friends and family sharing joy and great mirth,
partaking of food...

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Mama ate her collard greens with raw onions, pinching a 
morsel of greens with sweet cornbread, as juicy pork 
neckbones lay naked of meat. 

The...

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Off to grandmother’s cottage we go,
past snow covered pines all in a row,
to a cozy home with old fashion charm,
standing beside it the red painted...

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Aunt Evelyn’s in the kitchen
     She mixing up a batch
It’s her famous Eggnog
     Don’t drink it, there’s...

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He tried hard not to break away
But could not keep them together
After all, he would never again stay
So he left in search of life better

Like...

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They come in all sorts of sizes,shapes and colors
All hold their own characteristics and are unique from one another
You can purchase them in original hunters...

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