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 By John MiltonThis is the month, and this the happy morn,      Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King,Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother..

 By John Mason NealeGood King Wenceslas look’d out,    On the Feast of Stephen;When the snow lay round about,    Deep, and crisp, and even:Brightly..

 By Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThree Kings came riding from far away,Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;Three Wise Men out of the East were they,And..

 By Alfred, Lord TennysonRing out, wild bells, to the wild sky,   The flying cloud, the frosty light:   The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild..

 By Charles WesleyHark! the herald Angels sing,Glory to the new-born King,Peace on earth and mercy mild,God and sinner reconcil’d.Hark! the herald..

 By AnonymousThe first day of Christmas,My true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree.The second day of Christmas,My true love sent to meTwo..

 By Clement Clarke Moore'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were..

Santa left me nothingbut this note upon my table:I tried to fill your stockings,but, alas, I wasn’t able.I thought my beard would turn to ash.I..

Martha said she’d seen him.Apple pie cheeks,and a smile that could melt the frozen ‘tricicles.’He had a pillow-down tummy,dragon-proof boots,wooly..

I love all the twinkly fairy lightsbut not the arguments and fights,I do like turkey and brandy pudbut sometimes it’s hard just being good.I like the..

Perhaps your treeis a grey-green firwhose fragrant needlesdust the floor?Perhaps your treeis a faithful friend,its glossy boughsunboxed..

The snow has come thick like lettersto the North Pole on the first day of winter.My nose presses against the window,I blow hot breath and wrap the..

It’s the hush of the airthe swish of whooshed-back curtainsIt’s the crispof the fields the clink of a spoon in a warming drink It’s the creak of my..

The flames stretch up high while bright candles burn smallThe tree lights glow red, gold and green The window reflects all the lights in our room,And..

Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darknessTurning blackest night to palest grey.Listen, and you can hear the quiet,As if every sound had been..

Long ago, a baby was sentFrom far away, this baby was meantAs the greatest gift to the world.And wise men journeyed from afar,Following a distant..

 We’ve slept out of sight, in permanent nightThen, a crack in the darkness… a flash of bright light!The tree’s brought out first, then tinsel and..

Dear old friend,Can’t fool me!I know you're there. I heard you deep inside that peach-puff cloud this afternoon. Thenwhen my last ice-breath..

bob bobbingin the windplastic snowman snowmendon’t like vegetablesexcept carrots I love my snowmaneven when he isn’tthereChristine Eales

I know where the baby Jesus was born,said the child.Where? Said I.In a hotel called The Stable.In an hotel? Said I.And was it a posh hotel?No, said..

What's Christmas to creatures - pleasure or dread?We asked a few locals,and here's what they said:I don't care a noodle,offered a poodle.I'm glad..

Snowmen built, sledges rode,ice-cold hands, frozen toes.Presents wrapped, cards all sent,audience tears, nativities end.Crackers bought, puddings..

Even before you look, you know –silence and stillnessarrive with the snowAnd when you peep, the street is whitewinter leans in and..

Each year many millions of letters Arrive in great sacks at my door, And it takes me a week to climb up to the topOf the mountain they make on the..

Watching winter's snowflakesdrifting down, so slow-flakessparkling icy glow-flakesputting on a show-flakesmaking snowmen grow-flakesbut then, the..