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a family’s Christmas through the years. Charlotte concisely captures a sense of
tradition and change, meeting together in her memories of a growing, changing
family, remembering the past and celebrating the present.
December 2012
Snowflakes
big and white, falling softly in the night.
Programs
are presented at Church and school,
Stumbling
recitations; partly forgotten as a rule.
Carols
sung with children’s voices
Silent
Night and Jingle Bells are favorite choices.
About
the first week of December
Dad
would let loose tiny reindeer one at a time
Mamma,
busy sewing gifts, they loved Christmas and its secrets sublime.
Christmas
Eve in Basin, Santa coming by;
Lovingly
played by nephew Terry-what a guy.
Brother
Bill reciting “Twas the Night”
With
such feeling the young ones knew it was right.
Christmas
has been celebrated in other places
With
many new experiences and special faces
Phoenix,
Long Beach, Basin, Colorado and North Dakota;
Our
family has been growing way past our quota.
Now we
decorate our little tree with a sock containing coal
A joke
for Julie one year, and a crocheted angel brings a tear.
Rocky’s
two pound box of Sees, always finds its way under our trees.
Oh wait,
can I remember how to play “White Christmas” without dismay?
Celebrating
Christmas past is the fabric of our Christmas Day.
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Charlotte like yours, our family Christmas'have changed-- being different each year. Some have been full of company and some with just our family, some so busy I was too exhausted to enjoy it until it was over and some so quiet I could reflect upon what we were celebrating which is of course the way it should be. We are glad some will never re-occur and we wish others we could do over but all leave memories making the fabric of our Christmas Day. Your poem is a nice list of some of yours.
ReplyDeleteDear Charlotte, your poem takes us through the many scenes of Christmas,and reminds us that there is always some thread of remembrance that connect us to family and friends through the years.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte, you sure paint a picture of what Christmas is like with the Boquist house.
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