There are many Christmas poems that were created to emphasize on the beautiful Christmas celebrations. These poems are ideal for reading to kids and work well for Christmas cards or gift tags too. A quick or short Christmas poem adds a little dash of warmth to a dull thank you note. There...
We mustn’t forget Christ’s coming’s true reason Jesus made clear the importance of service It might be hard, and we might feel a bit nervous But if we were to truly honor the coming of Jesus We first must help the poor and the lonely who need us For we say we are Christians, ...
(from "Christmas Bells" poem) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow At Christmas, all roads lead home. - Marjorie Holmes The Dickensian Christmas-at-Home receives only perfunctory lip-service from a press which draws a steady income from the catering and amusement trades. Home-made fun is gratuitous, an...
I don’t want to go very far down that road on Christmas Day. The twelve days of Christmas are a time for celebration and feasting, carols and good cheer, light hearts and extravagant hopes, joy and wonder, and lots of love. But I do want to share a poem by Luci Shaw, a Christian...
“O Holy Night” comes from an 1843 poem byPlacide Cappeau, set to music in 1847 byAdolphe Adam(with the English version is byJohn Sullivan Dwight). It remains one of the most religious of the Christmas classics, and one that carolers may avoid due to being more difficult to sing than...
The words of Silent Night were written by a Priest called Fr. Joseph Mohr in Mariapfarr, Austria, in 1816 and the music was added in 1818, by his school teacher friend Franz Xaver Gruber, for the Christmas Eve service at St. Nicholas church in Oberndorf, Austria. ...
James Lord Pierpont wrote 'One Horse Open Sleigh,' aka 'Jingle Bells,' for a Thanksgiving Church service, but the song quickly became a Christmas staple instead. In the Catholic tradition, St. Nicholas has his own celebration on a date separate from Christmas. Canva Pro In the Catholic trad...
Below you canread the text of Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s Christmas poem “It’s Christmas”Translated intoEnglish. In the menu above or on the side you canread the poem “It’s Christmas” by Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta translatedinto other languages:Italian, French, German, Spanish, ...
under the influence of the poem“A Visit from St. Nicholas” (or “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”), into the increasingly central role ofSanta Clausas the source of Christmas gifts for the family. While both name and attire—a version of the traditional dress of bishop—of Santa Claus...
After opening presents on Christmas morning, the family sits down to a breakfast of ham and eggs. For many families attending a Christmas Day church service is traditional. On Christmas Eve in families that observe Irish traditions, the father sets a large candle in a front window of the home...