Find joy this season
Dear Readers: Although this holiday season has looked very different for us due to not being able to travel or see loved ones, let's try and remember the spirit of the season. Wishing you all a joyous, albeit unordinary, end to the holidays. Enjoy these holiday-themed poems.
SANTA
( AUTHOR UNKNOWN)
Two merry blue eyes A very little nose
A long snowy beard And cheeks like a rose A round, chubby man A big, bulging pack Hurrah for old Santa We're glad he's come back!
FIVE LITTLE REINDEER ( AUTHOR UNKNOWN)
Five little reindeer playing in the snow
The first one said, `Can you see my nose glow?'
The second one said, `Listen to me sing!'
The third one said, `I can hear the bells ring.'
The fourth one said, `Let's eat the pie!'
The fifth one said, `I'm ready to fly.'
Then clomp went their hooves And the snow fell white
As the five little reindeer flew out of sight.
A CHUBBY LITTLE SNOWMAN ( ANONYMOUS)
A chubby little snowman Had a carrot nose. Along came a bunny,
And what do you suppose? That hungry little bunny, Looking for some lunch, Ate that little snowman's nose. Nibble, nibble, crunch!
A PEPPERMINT STICK ( ANONYMOUS)
Oh, I took a lick? of my peppermint stick?
And I thought it tasted yummy.
It used to be? on my Christmas tree?
But now it's in my tummy!
LITTLE TREE
( E. E. CUMMINGS)
little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see i will comfort you because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark and hug you safe and tight just as your mother would, only don't be afraid
look the spangles that sleep all the year in a dark box dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine, the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms and i'll give them all to you to hold every finger shall have its ring and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy...
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