Holidays Are Happy Days2

December 5, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is the holiday season.

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A Happy Holidays poem about the difficulty of accepting happiness:

Holidays are happy days,
Albeit with some stress.
Praised be those content to be
Pleased with happiness.
Yes, one cannot do it all,
However hard one tries.
One sacrifices much for love.
Life's a compromise.
In treasuring the things one has,
Delivered from regret,
A lover finds the holidays,
Year in and out, a song of praise,
Sung with joy. And yet …

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/holi13.html. For more Happy Holidays poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html .

This week’s theme: The Holiday Season
November 30: How Good to Celebrate Both Holidays
December 1: Here We Have Three Holidays
December 2: Health and Happiness to You and Yours
December 3: There Is No Better Time than Now
December 4: Happy, Happy Holidays to You2
December 5: Holidays Are Happy Days2