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Christmas poems are fun to write and they increase the student’s
vocabulary base. Writing a poem requires students to be simple and to
use only a word or two to convey an idea or thought.
Christmas stories are important tools for spreading Christmas cheer.
Actually it is said that Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol, saved
Christmas as we know it today. When Charles Dickens wrote his story
in the 18th century, the celebration of Xmas was on the wane.
But Dickens used his story to describe Christmas as a time of joy,
a time when people respect each other, and a time when everything is
all right.
If you are a teacher searching for traditional or historic Christmas poems
and stories or a parent wanting to share the Night Before Christmas with
your children, reading these Christmas poems and stories will be just as
entertaining for you as they will be for the children who hear these
wonderful old treasures.
Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas spread beyond this bustling,
blooming Hudson River city as papers and almanacs elsewhere reprinted
it. The poem helped cement the popular image of Santa as a right jolly old elf' with a twinkle in his eye and eight reindeer. Quoted by kids,
coopted by advertisers, celebrated in songs and shows, it is one of the
most famous American poems.
Christmas remains an inexhaustible source of poetic inspiration, deep
religious feelings, and tender but persistent invitation to open our minds
and hearts to the mystery of God incarnate. Scripture and the apocryphal
gospels tell the story, the liturgy celebrates its ever present reality.
Many devotions centering on the grace of Christmas help us to make of
our heart a manger to hold and cherish the Christ child. Finally, poetry
tops it all: a Christmas poem should remind us of the story, evoke
sentiments of gratitude and praise, and generate in us a sense of wonder
and undying hope. The following poetry as word and symbol would like
to do just that promote where necessary but mainly entertain the spirit
of the season. The poems offered here are from many sources,
the pictures, however, all bear the unmistakable mark of Lauren Ford's artistic genius.
