A Gentle Reminder Something new about Christmas? Why, what were half so sweet As the old, old way of keeping The day our glad hearts greet? The old, old chimes are dearest; The old, old songs are best; It’s the old, old gladness welling Within each joyous breast. Then my little lad said slyly, “Remember, [...]
Bells Across the Snow This poem may be recited by one pupil, or divided as follows: First pupil: Christmas, merry Christmas! Is it really come again? With its memories and greetings, With its joys and with its pain There’s a minor in the carol, And a shadow in the light, And a spray of [...]
Christmas Time Christmas time for boys and girls Is a happy day, For we go to grandmamma’s And eat and sing and play. Grandma does not say to us— “Stop that horrid noise,” ‘Cause she understands we can’t, When we’re “only boys.” And she lets the girls play house, In the garret old, And when [...]