Looking back upon my youth as <br />the holiday season is near, I can <br />recall the happiness filled with <br />excitement as each day approached <br /> <br />I remember the days when Daddy would <br />take us out to cut our very own Christmas <br />tree, and of course, it was the most beautifull <br />tree of all <br /> <br />Bringing it home and decorating it with <br />lights of green, red, blue, mother made hot <br />chocolate and chocolate chip cookies for the <br />event, as Daddy was always in his usual place <br />the kitchen trying feverishly to 'unweb' <br />last years string of lighting, we had no <br />stores to run out to get last minute this or that <br />so we had to make do with what we had like <br />every other family and Daddy always came through <br />and the finishing touches were done with tinsel <br />and of course the star up top to offically indicate <br />Christmas was now on its way <br /> <br />Looking from my window at night, looking out <br />at the street light which was covered <br />with freshly fallen snow, seeing tiny ice clycles <br />casting their wintery shadows seemed like tiny <br />snow fairies doing their snow dance, the trees <br />were coverd with white snow caps which made <br />a setting like a winter wonderland that would <br />stay in my heart forever <br /> <br />Todays world has become so commercialized <br />that the beauty has been taken away somehow, I sound <br />like a very old sentimental fool, but I would not trade <br />those days of my memories from an era where <br />family knew how to celebrate Christmas with the <br />family spirit of togetherness <br /> <br /> <br />Christmas is that time of year when it <br />brings you back to the time when happiness <br />shadowed each and every jingle bell that <br />we rang filled with much joy and love <br /> <br />From my heart to yours, this is my Christmas <br />Carol to each and every one of you......<br /><br />Bonnie Collins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-christmas-carol-to-you/
