Wrote A New Christmas Poem Last Night...

[john]

the family today, but I probably couldn't get through it with dry eyes....a lot of fine Christmas memories went into this one....

I hope you all enjoy it - maybe we have some of the same memories. Merry Christmas to you all and have the best CHristmas today!

 

John, Alice, Jess and Sam (and Felix the cat, too!)

 

 

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

When I was just a little boy

my heart was filled with Christmas joy

So magical, that time of year

When I would spread my Christmas cheer

And have my family close to me

With presents ‘round our Christmas tree

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

We always had the finest tree

And fixed it up so beautifully

Spruce, pine or fir, it didn’t matter

in green or flocked with snowy spatter

And there was always room for me

Amongst the gifts beneath the tree

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

Our Christmas stockings were really grand

each knit by Mom with loving hand

With lots of room for toys and such

some years more, some not as much

But always in the toe we’d find

A great big apple – the golden kind!

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

The flashy presents beneath our tree

would fill us kids with Christmas glee

Torn open to reveal what was inside

a game, a book or a bobsled to ride!

A workbench or dollhouse handmade by Dad

Or tools for the ambitious lad

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

Later we’d all sit down to eat

And thank the Lord for bread and meat

Turkey, Venison and Roasted Wild Duck

calling dibs on the wishbones to bring us good luck!

Then snack on pistachios, cookies and fudge

Feasting until we could barely budge

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

Brothers, Sisters and Cousins would play until late

and sleepiness was our ultimate fate

Our Parents would tuck us into our beds

with Christmas joys still thick in our heads

We lay there for hours before we’d sleep

With new Christmas memories forever to keep

On Christmas days of years gone by……

 

 

Now my Wife and I have a Daughter and Son

And neither of us can resist the fun

Each year we use our family positions

To start a few new holiday traditions

While keeping with the old, it seems

we’ll give our kids their own sweet dreams

Of Christmas days of years to come……

 

 

 

By John Anderson

December 24th, 2005

 

 

(BTW, my kids both have big stockings that my Mom made them and they each will find a huge Golden Delicious apple in the toe! Merry Christmas, ALL!!! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif )

 

[Ron Mills]

I agree with Phil. Thanks, John. Makes you stop and think. Stopping and thinking is good. But not too much thinking about Thompson prices...wink! ("...wink!" is a proprietary expression originated by our resident The Respected One, and used with permission, I think).