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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat

“Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, a half penny will do. If you haven’t got a half penny, then God bless you.” -...

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A full moon shines over the morning frost

“A full moon shines over the morning frost; the lanes are full of late-fallen leaves; walking across the mulch is almost as tricky as treading over ice. In town the carol-singers are in crowding the...

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Lighting one candle from another

“Lighting one candle from another – Winter night” -   Buson

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The vineyard country, russet, reddish, carmine-brown

“The vineyard country, russet, reddish, carmine-brown in this season. A blue outline of hills above a fertile valley. It’s warm as long as the sun does not set, in the shade cold returns. A strong...

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You darkness, that I come from

“You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone, and then no one outside learns of you. But the darkness...

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Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul

“Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul, With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say, He was made of snow but the children know...

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Christmas is a time of little time

“Christmas is a time of little time. How we get there is a mystery. Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb Into fields of sunlit harmony. Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards, Trimming house and...

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Each Christmas I remember

“Each Christmas I remember The ones of long ago; I see our mantelpiece adorned With stockings in a row. Each Christmas finds me dreaming Of days that used to be, When we hid presents here and there,...

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I have often thought, it happens very well that

“I have often thought, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the Middle of Winter.” -  Joseph Addison

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The snow is lying very deep

“The snow is lying very deep. My house is sheltered from the blast. I hear each muffled step outside, I hear each voice go past. But I’ll not venture in the drift Out of this bright security, Till...

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The leaves drift toward the earth like ships

“The leaves drift toward the earth like ships to land, A voyage launched from timbers’ great lofty berths, Toward harbors safe, concealed from raider bands, Of icy galleons coursing wintry dearth....

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The birth of the Persian hero

“The birth of the Persian hero and sun-god Mithra was celebrated on December 25th. The myth tells that he sprang up full-grown from a rock, armed with a knife and carrying a torch.  Shepherds watched...

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How like a winter hath my absence been

“How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December’s bareness every where! And yet this time...

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December is the twelfth and final month

“December is the twelfth and final month of the Gregorian calendar and the first month of winter.  It derives it’s name from the Latin word decem, meaning ten, as December was the tenth month of the...

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Before going to bed

“Before going to bed After a fall of snow I look out on the field Shining there in the moonlight So calm, untouched and white Snow silence fills my head After I leave the window. Hours later near dawn...

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Through bare trees

“Through bare trees I can see all the rickety lean-tos and sheds, and the outhouse with the half-moon on the door, once modestly covered in summer’s greenery. Through bare trees I can watch the hawk...

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Then he sighed and groaned

“Then he sighed and groaned; but his voice was weak He was so ashamed that he could not speak. He knew at last that he had been a fool, To think of breaking the forest rule, And choosing a dress...

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Come, bring with a nois

“Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas Log to the firing; While my good Dame, she Bids ye all be free; And drink to your heart’s desiring. With the last year’s brand Light the...

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Somewhere across the winter world tonight

“Somewhere across the winter world tonight You will be hearing chimes that fill the air; Christmas extends its all-enfolding light Across the distance…something we can share. You will be singing, just...

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We wish you a merry Christmas

“We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy...

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