christmas

RATHER UNSEASONAL from kendrive ^Pro 88 days old

[ ... ] Betjeman. CHRISTMAS The bells of waiting Advent ring, The Tortoise stove is lit again And lamp-oil light across the night Has caught the ...

PEACE ON EARTH from kendrive ^Pro 333 days old

Longfellow wrote this poem at the time of the American Civil War and it has continued as a popular Christmas song. However, the last two verses are ...

BE NICE from kendrive ^Pro 335 days old

TALKING TURKEYS Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked An every turkey has a Mum. Be ...

Now is the time of Christëmas. from kendrive ^Pro 336 days old

For a few days this blog will have a Christmas theme. You may already know some of the poems, but perhaps not this one, which was written 500 years ...

MISTLETOE from kendrive ^Pro 699 days old

This is one of my favourite Christmas poems. MISTLETOE Sitting under the mistletoe (Pale-green, fairy mistletoe), One last candle burning low, All ...

AND IS IT TRUE? from kendrive ^Pro 733 days old

I know it is still some way ahead, but Christmas is rapidly approaching. Yesterday one of my blogs commented on a BBC drama about the Nativity. Here ...

CHRISTMAS BELLS from kendrive ^Pro 1064 days old

I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. And thought ...

NOT THIS YEAR from kendrive ^Pro 1065 days old

Although I may be dreaming of a White Christmas, we won't have one this year - at least not where I live. Unlike the winter of 1946/47 (now I am showing ...

AT CHRISTMAS - I LOST 'MY BABY' from kendrive ^Pro 1066 days old

[ ... ] It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could ...

'TWAS CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE from kendrive ^Pro 1067 days old

[ ... ] THE WORKHOUSE - CHRISTMAS DAY by George R. Sims ( 1847 - 1922 ) It is Christmas Day in the workhouse, and the cold, bare walls are bright With ...