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Experience the magic of the holiday season with our delightful #shorts video, "A Holiday Poem for You." Immerse yourself in the warmth and joy of festive rhymes that capture the spirit of this special ...
Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with ...
while “The Pumpkin” by John Greenleaf Whittier is an equally heartfelt and humorous musing on one of the holiday's most beloved dishes. Share one of these poems at the dinner table ...
The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy.
A Christmas poem for the garden lover: T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The mice, it would seem, with the moles and ...
The holiday season is a time for reflection, connection, and healing, encouraging appreciation of life's small joys. The holiday season is here, so here’s a festive poem to remind us that cancer ...
Yet it’s also, like so many holiday poems that aren’t explicitly for children, quite melancholy. (The first line of a section of W.H. Auden’s “For The Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio ...
The famous Clement Moore’s poem excitedly comes to life for this holiday production. Everyone knows the famous holiday poem, but do you know the rest of the story… Do you know about Izzy the mouse, ...
“A Visit from St. Nicholas,” or “The Night before Christmas” first appeared on these pages. Troy Public Library Director Paul Hicok displays a binding of Troy Sentinel newspapers, which ...
Shadows of shadows – things that once have been. Looking for inspirational poems around the holiday season? Canadian poet Virna Sheard delivers with the 1913 poem “Christmas,” which ...