December 30, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25th.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
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A Christmas poem to a child from his or her Christmas
tree explaining its symbolic meaning:
I'm your Christmas tree, all brightly lit,
Hung with angels, colored balls, and elves.
Underneath my boughs your presents sit,
If you've behaved yourselves.
Why must we wait till early Christmas morn
To open up our brand-new games and toys?
Why gifts for us the day that Christ was born
If we're good girls and boys?
Now listen to your Christmas tree: I'm wise
In all the ways of faith that you must know.
I'm here because of what I symbolize:
Green through ice and snow.
There is a world beyond what we can see
Where, by grace of God, we can receive
God's greatest gift: to live eternally,
If only we believe.
Eternal life is what God gave to you
By sending down His son to live on Earth.
This was His gift, so Santa brings gifts, too,
To celebrate Christ's birth.
The baby Jesus got gifts on this day
Because, like any child, He loved to play.
And so God wants to share this special joy
With every girl and boy.
Believe God loves you as your parents do,
And takes great joy in giving gifts to you.
Live well and love, and evergreen like me,
You'll live eternally.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html
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This week’s theme: Christmas
12/27: Can the Wind Across the Snow
12/30: I’m Your Christmas Tree, All Brightly Lit
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