tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57449470657384744612024-03-14T08:51:34.012+00:00 A Books Eternal GloryCharlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-71399766617074488742020-06-30T22:23:00.000+01:002020-06-30T22:23:14.789+01:00The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness<div style="text-align: center;">
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I actually had this book read to me by the great Humphrey Bower on Audible. It's easy to say I automatically fell in love with the book and Bowers narration. Whilst reviewing this book I'm going to try to keep spoilers to a minimum in case anyone out there hasn't read this masterpiece yet. </div>
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The story follows Todd <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Hewitt who is on the verge of 'manhood' and he lives in Prentisstown, a world without women and where the thoughts of men and “creachers” (his pet dog Manchee included) can be heard. Todd’s father died of illness and his mother was the “last of the women”, according to Ben who is one of two men who are raising him. Amongst the chaos of haring the 'noise' Todd likes to pick apples in the orchard where he can get a break from all of the men's thoughts, memories and secrets. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we've all been there havent we? all tucked up in bed and the belly rumbles set in and youre sure theres a stash of your favourtie food downstairs ready to be devoured...or is it just me... but either way Bastion is relatable as can be for me. only in the sense he got the midnight munchies and wanted his favourite snack which hapens to be one of mine, chocolate chip cookies.</span></span><br />
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<b>Title: </b>Bitter
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<b>Author Name: </b>Rachel
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<b>Previous Books (if
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<b>Genre:</b> Crime
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<b>Release Date: </b>25th
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>DI
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<i>When a teenage girl flings herself off a cliff in pursuit of a
gruesome death, DI Kelly Porter is left asking why. Ruled a suicide,
there’s no official reason for Kelly to chase answers, but as
several of her team’s cases converge on the girl’s school, a new,
darker story emerges. One which will bring Kelly face-to-face with an
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<i>Mired in her pursuit of justice for the growing list of victims,
Kelly finds security in Johnny, her family and the father she has
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dark truth at the heart of her investigation, a single moment on a
cold winter’s night shatters the notion that anything in Kelly’s
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<b>Rachel Lynch</b> grew up in Cumbria and the lakes and
fells are never far away from her. London pulled her away to teach
History and marry an Army Officer, whom she followed around the globe
for thirteen years. A change of career after children led to personal
training and sports therapy, but writing was always the overwhelming
force driving the future. The human capacity for compassion as well
as its descent into the brutal and murky world of crime are
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Swarms of hysterical
children of all ages run wild, flailing their arms and screaming.
They bump into others who are also here for only one thing. The
thrill of losing control, the primitive addiction to fantasy, the
terror and danger and the risk from extremity: all drive the crowds
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The air is hot with
anticipation and the heady aroma of burnt sugar. Night falls quickly,
and soon the heaving mass of bodies is shrouded in darkness, but this
only heightens the delight. Shrieks compete with ear-splitting thumps
of bass, accompanied by the latest beats, pounding out of huge black
speakers set up along the high street. The waft of greasy burger vans
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hand-rolled cigarette and cradles his pint of honey-coloured locally
brewed beer, surveying the frivolity before him. Girls. Hundreds of
them, from three to twenty-three in age, all just as beautiful to
gaze upon. But he is fixated by one in particular, who has become
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gigantic rides around the country only know his name. In three days,
the fair will be gone, on to another town. Keswick is the next stop
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<br />Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-25573306608027817462019-02-27T09:00:00.000+00:002019-02-27T09:00:04.756+00:00BLOG BLITZ: A Testiment To Murder by Vivian Conroy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Author Name: </b>Vivian
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Cosy
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release Date: </b>18th
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<i><b>Suspenseful from the
first page to the last, A Testament to Murder is perfect for fans of
And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, and Crooked
House</b></i></div>
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<i>A dying billionaire. Nine would-be heirs. But only one will take
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<i>At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera, a dying
billionaire launches a devious plan: at midnight each day he appoints
a new heir to his vast fortune. If he dies within 24 hours, that
person takes it all. If not, their chance is gone forever.</i></div>
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<i>Yet these are no ordinary beneficiaries, these men who crossed
him, women who deceived him, and distant relations intent on
reclaiming the family fortune. All are determined to lend death a
hand and outwit their rivals in pursuit of the prize.</i></div>
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<i>As tensions mount with every passing second, retired Scotland Yard
investigator </i><i><b>Jasper </b></i><i>must stay two steps ahead of
every player if he hopes to prevent the billionaire’s devious game
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hugh leaned his
shoulder against the folly's white wood and sighed. Even that made
his head ache. He needed another drink, but his hip flask was empty
and he had forgotten to refill it before wandering out to avoid the
scent of scrambled eggs and Cecily Jones' attempts to draw him out
about getting his work into some gallery. She had no idea how hard
the life of an artist was. People simply believed you could turn out
masterpieces like clockwork, like a baker baked bread or a carpenter
made cupboards. But there was no mould, no set design, nothing to
recreate time and time again. Each creation was unique, the only one
there'd ever be in the entire world. The idea was wondrous and
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When he picked up
his pen or his chisel, his head was so full of all the expectations
resting on him he could barely hold it without shaking. Not the
expectations of a public, of buyers or patrons. No, the expectations
of the works of art themselves. He was their creator; he had to give
life to them. He had to make them into what they were supposed to be.
And he always felt like he couldn't do them justice. Like they were
more beautiful and grander than he could ever make them. </span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hugh sighed sadly.
He fingered his damp forehead, cringing as even that slight touch
beat into his brain. His mouth was so dry he could hardly swallow.
He'd better get back to the house for water or coffee. Or whiskey,
which he felt he needed more. But his legs were too wobbly to move.
He just stood there letting the structure hold him upright as tears
of desolation and failure filled his eyes. </span>
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Armed with cheese and chocolate, <b>Vivian Conroy</b>
sits down to create the aspirational settings, characters with
secrets up their sleeves, and clever plots which took several of her
mysteries to #1 bestseller in multiple categories on Amazon US and
Canada. Away from the keyboard, Vivian likes to hike (especially in
the Swiss mountains), hunt for the perfect cheesecake and experience
the joy in every-day life, be it a fiery sunset, a gorgeous full moon
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Tyler needs a wife to fix his reputation. Lucy needs and answer to her problem. Are they one and the same? After a quick marriage agreements, they have a long journey ahead of them. Will they stay together? Or will things be more complicated that they expected? Come along for the ride! Find out what happens to Tyler and Lucy!</div>
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So Danielle and I actually met via instagram and that was when and how I learnt she was a published author. Me being me and having this blog I assured Danielle I would read and review her book for her once I purchased a copy. Wanting it as soon as possible I bought an Ebook copy and got right to it.<br />
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I had no idea what to expect from this book, well i mean i had a rough idea but nothing too exact. Pretty much right from the beginning I was imersed, as a reader you are thrown right into the thick of things, meetinb oth charracters and getting small hints of their deeper story but nothing too soon that would leave you knowing everything before it happened.<br />
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The book switches between two points of view, both being the mian characters, thankfully even though it is told through two points of views, there were no repeating of events, what you heard in one persons POV was pretty much non existent in the others. I fell for Lucy, she felt like a close friend of mine and Tylers felt the same and I just wanted to protect and love them both. The secondary characters int he story each add something lovely to the story, more depth and something i cant quite explain, but with both sets of characters the story moves smoothly along.<br />
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Danielle created and told events in such a way that make your emotions swirl throughout the book, there are unexpected twists and turns, laughs and moments of pure awghs. Something great about this book, one of the many, is that there is brief desciptions of both the characters and the settings which leaves room for the reader to fill in the gaps witht heir own mind which makes the experience different for each reader.<br />
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His Wife, Here Answer is an easy read, quick and sweet. I can not wait for what Danielle has in store for the rest of the series. a 4.5/5 from me, I just want more!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The one thing I absolutely adore about this book is the journey and growth the characters show but that isn't the only best quality of Kingdom Cold and theres no chance of me choosing the best one. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With each page you are subjected to the cruetly of being both a royal and human, Kingdom Cold is bound to build you up and break your heart and you wont even see it coming. Following the end of the book the only thing I could truly want, is one more very long moment within it, it became somewhat of a natural feeling and a new home to me. Take me back. Brittni has crafted a wonderful story within 300 pages and I can not wait to see what else Brittni has in store for us. A definite 5/5 from me and a must read for any YA reader in need of another heart break.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-46291394230391127172019-02-08T09:00:00.000+00:002019-02-08T09:00:14.466+00:00BLOG TOUR: The Lost Man - Jane Harper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They are at the stockmans grave, a landmark so old, no can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish. Something had been troubling Cameron. Did her lose hope and walk to his death? Becuase if he didnt, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.</div>
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I dont think its any news that I'm a huge fan of Jane Harper and her work, The Lost Man doesnt change that fact either. This is a stand alone compared to her other two books which are a part of a series. I first heard of this book way before it got its name, before it was even written, back when Jane was off on a journey to research which already had be hooked with her tales and photos of her journey.</div>
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Her fantastic atmospheric way of writing pulls you in to the setting, holding you there, making you feel the blaring heat of the outback heat, the isolation and her character driven plots are incredibly engaging. Jane is for sure one of the finest writers. Although I fell in love with Janes books that are part of a series, hearing this was going to be a stand alone book gave me hope to see what Jane could come up with and how it would effect its readers. </div>
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The book follows Nathan, one of Camerons brothers and he searches for an answer, was Cameron murdered or was it suicide? Well throughout the book there is nothing that points to the deininte answer, not until the very end, nothing comes across as something that an ammetur couldnt do, it was al so realistic.</div>
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There is no chance for you to not be shocked by this book, its unepected twists will floor you. Although i have read psychological thrilllers that i have beena ble to solve and ride out the twisty plots, Harper managed to yet again create another book with an journey and ending i couldnt see coming. The Lost Man is a tale of family dynamics, all too familiar abuse and a minimal list of people for you to choose from to guess the final outcome before the reveal. It's nothing new for me to aboslutely suck at guessing before the reveal. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">First of all HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Delia Owen and The Crawdads Sing which is published today. Grace Vincent contacted me a while back and asked if I would like to read and review this book for its week or the day of its publication. I read the synopsis and instantly knew I had to read it, it pulled me in I simply couldn't wait to get my hands on it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">I first picked the book up and was drawn into the story right away, I felt an emotional connections with Kya who is a abandoned child with very little. We watch the story unfold, the times switching from us watching Kya grow up to the current day investigating the death of Chase Andrews up until the two lines somehow meet. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">From a young age you can see Kya trying to grow up quicker than shes capable of just so she can survive. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 400 14px/21px "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Kya’s siblings are older, and they flee, leaving her alone with her father. She learns to care for herself at a young age because she has to. Kya is uneducated by choice and circumstance, though the town attempted to get her to attend at first. Even without schooling, she is caring and smart, as she learns the ways of life through the marsh and all it has to teach her.</span> I fell for her immediately, I just wanted to be there with her and protect and help her. Her character is so easily loveable and realistic in how she is portrayed in her situations. Tate is a heart warming character, he has known her all of her life<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 400 14px/21px "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> but now that she is older she sees him in a different light and for the first time, she begins to feel real love. He takes the time and teaches her how to read which opens up the world to her. its such a beautifully portrayed relationship I often found myself in awe of them.</span></span></span></div>
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Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-40681802534120129182018-12-24T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-24T09:00:11.103+00:00Blogmas Day 24: Twas The Night Before Christmas - Clement Clarke Moore<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The children were nestled all snug in their beds;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Away to the window I flew like a flash,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">When what to my wondering eyes did appear,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">With a little old driver so lively and quick,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">So up to the housetop the coursers they flew</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too--</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">As I drew in my head, and was turning around,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">His eyes--how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">He had a broad face and a little round belly</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">A wink of his eye and a twist of his head</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And laying his finger aside of his nose,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight--</span><br style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"</span></span><br style="background-color: #718fa4; color: #333333; font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: #718fa4; color: #333333; font-family: Nunito, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: start;">Source: </span><a href="https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/twas-the-night-before-christmas-by-clement-clarke-moore" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-16748725118528000052018-12-23T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-23T09:00:02.190+00:00Blogmas Day 23: All That is Christmas Poet: Julie Hebert<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas is more than just presents,</span><span cwidth="0" eza="span_added_for_text:yes;cwidth:0px;;cheight:0px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:82px;wocalc:82px;hcalc:147px;rend_px_area:0;" style="max-width: 640px;">It's </span>love<span cwidth="0" eza="span_added_for_text:yes;cwidth:0px;;cheight:0px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:94px;wocalc:94px;hcalc:798px;rend_px_area:0;" style="max-width: 640px;"> and harmony.</span>Together with friends and family,<br />Laughing and being funny.<br />We sing so many carols,<br />That we can't forget the tunes.<br />Christmas is so very exciting,<br />Especially in the afternoons.<br />Mornings are about Santa,<br />Exchanging our lovely gifts.<br />But afternoons are about loving,<br />All those who we feel fit. </div>
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Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-7012878221416182472018-12-22T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-22T09:00:01.077+00:00Blogmas Day 22: A Holiday Wish Poet: John Kendrick Bangs<br />
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With richly laden pack of toys,</div>
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And tumbles down my chim-i-ney</div>
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To scatter 'round his Christmas joys,</div>
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I trust that he will bring the kind</div>
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That can be shared, for it is true</div>
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Past peradventure to my mind</div>
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That joy is sweeter shared by two</div>
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I never cared for solitaire.</div>
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I do not pine for lonely things.</div>
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I love the pleasure I can share</div>
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Because of all the fun it brings.</div>
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A selfish pleasure loses zest</div>
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With none to share it with you by,</div>
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And shrinks the longer 'tis possest,</div>
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While joys divided multiply.</div>
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</span></span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-80384565332435990022018-12-21T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-21T09:00:15.421+00:00Blogmas Day 21: A Time for Joy by Catherine Pulsifer<br />
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For the girls and boys</div>
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Xmas brings hope</div>
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Of all good things.</div>
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Decorations and trees</div>
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Turn the lights on please</div>
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Good friends and family too</div>
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Presents and surprises for you.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
A day to reflect </div>
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A day of respect</div>
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For all you have been blessed</div>
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Let your joy be expressed.</div>
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May this Christmas bring</div>
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All special things</div>
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May you find happiness and joy</div>
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May you even receive a toy. </div>
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</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-17507711933864576752018-12-20T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-20T09:00:04.897+00:00Blogmas day 20: Smile On - Mary Ann Ross<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Peace, love and happiness this season</span></span></div>
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Cheer spread all around you and yours' for this reason </div>
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For your heart is pure and kind</div>
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And compassion rests on your mind </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Not as pure as snow</div>
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But not as cold as ice </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Just cause you are human we know </div>
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And as good as they come you are nice </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
So my prayer for you this moment and forever </div>
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Boxed up as gifts but invisible like words </div>
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Is that this smile on your face shall not fade ever </div>
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For He shall supply all your needs, for He is God </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
So smile on, smile on</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Take in the better around you </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The gift of life and the clothes you have on </div>
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The meal on your table and the roof over your head too</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Smile on, smile on</div>
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Share what you have</div>
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Christmas brings peace</div>
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Be oh so glad! </div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/mywish/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/mywish/</a></div>
</span></span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-38711682256783556272018-12-19T10:17:00.000+00:002018-12-19T10:17:07.692+00:00Blogmas Day 19: This Christmas From The Editors of McCall's Magazine<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This Christmas, mend a quarrel. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Seek out a forgotten friend. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Write a love letter. Share some treasure. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. </div>
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Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. </div>
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Keep a promise. Find the time. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. </div>
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Listen. Apologize if you were wrong. Try to understand. </div>
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Flout envy. Examine your demands on others. </div>
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Think first of someone else. Appreciate. </div>
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Be kind; be gentle. Laugh a little. Laugh a little more. </div>
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Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Decry complacency. Express your gratitude. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Go to church. Welcome a stranger. </div>
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Gladden the heart of a child. </div>
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Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Speak your love. Speak it again. Speak it still once again.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Christmas is celebration, and there is no celebration </div>
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that compares with the realization of its true meaning - </div>
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with the sudden stirring of the heart that has extended</div>
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itself toward the core of life. Then, only then,</div>
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is it possible to grasp the significance of the first Christmas - </div>
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to savor in the inward ear the wild, sweet music of the angel choir;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
to envision the star-struck sky, and glimpse, </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
behind the eyelids the ray of light that fell athwart </div>
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a darkened path and changed the world. </div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/mywish/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/mywish/</a></div>
</span></span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-45155862473296255082018-12-18T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-19T10:10:55.103+00:00Blogmas Day 18: Christmas Is A Time by Catherine Pulsifer<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Excitement and anticipation </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
For boys and girls</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
A time for dreams and whishes.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
A time for families to come together</div>
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A time for friends to celebrate</div>
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A time for fun and good cheer</div>
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A time for caroling and music too.</div>
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A time to decorate the house</div>
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And trim the tree.</div>
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A time to wrap the presents</div>
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And fill the stockings.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But at Christmas time we </div>
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Should remember that first Christmas</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Take the time to thank God above</div>
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For sending His son for those He loves. </div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/</a></div>
</span></span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-1979018305084998102018-12-17T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-17T09:00:11.728+00:00Blogmas Day 17: Santa Claus Is Coming - M. Nora Boylan<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Santa Claus is coming - we shall welcome him with glee;</span></div>
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He'll hang a gift for every one upon the Christmas-tree;</div>
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He'll not forget a single child. How happy we shall be;</div>
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For Santa Claus is coming.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But we must remember all that we must do our part;</div>
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Christmas is the time of times, to give with all our heart</div>
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We must always share our joys with those who have no part,</div>
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When Santa Claus is coming. </div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/</a></div>
</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-39582032833266745872018-12-16T20:33:00.001+00:002018-12-16T20:33:43.144+00:00Blogmas Day 16: Santa's Helpers - M. Nora Boylan <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">The fairies and brownies on last Christmas-tide</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">Decided to open their hearts very wide,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And spend extra time, throughout the whole year,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In helping their grandfather - Santa Claus dear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Our fingers are nimble. We'll quickly make toys</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Enough to supply all the girls and the boys,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Santa may watch us to see if it's right,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So all will be ready before Christmas night."</span></div>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then bravely they all went to work with a will,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And soon all was quiet in workshop and mill;</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For old Santa said, "Enough, and well done,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've toys enough now to make all kinds of fun."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We thank you, old Santa, and your helpers, too,</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For all of the many kind things that you do;</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And should you need more help in making your toys,</span></div>
</span><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just call on your small friends, the girls and the boys.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/</a></div>
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Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-24044488531655986322018-12-15T11:52:00.000+00:002018-12-15T11:52:06.197+00:00Blogmas Day 15: Christmas For All Ages - Julie Hebert<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When we were kids ourselves,</span></div>
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We thought of Christmas time,</div>
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To be just for us,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Parents were not the prime.</div>
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But now that we are older,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
We see that Christmas is great.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Not just for young children,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But for for us adults who love to celebrate</div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems2/</a></div>
</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-74682451748512444342018-12-14T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-14T09:00:01.312+00:00Blogmasy Day 14: It's Not . . . It Is<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's sharing your gifts, not purchasing gifts;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's not wrapping presents, </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's being present</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
and wrapping your arms around the ones you love;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's not getting Christmas cards out on time.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's sending any card, anytime, at the right time;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's not having the biggest and best Christmas light display,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's displaying the Christ light that comes from your heart;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's not Santa coming down the chimney, </div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's Jesus coming down from heaven,</div>
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and giving us the gift of eternal life.</div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/</a></div>
</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-32244156662709864042018-12-13T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-13T09:00:03.868+00:00Blogmas Day 13: An Old-Fashioned Christmas - Helen Monnette<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I <span style="background-color: white;">thought of an old-fashioned Christmas</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;">
When the world was aglitter with snow,<br />When stars, in their lockets of velvet,<br />Their silvery beams rain below.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Where a Christmas tree stands in a corner<br />Decked out in the season's attire,<br />With a pearl-white necklace of popcorn,<br />The stringing, the children's desire.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>The shutters unclosed at the windows<br />And friendly the light shining there,<br />Like the neighbors who linger when passing,<br />For it is the hour of prayer.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>I thought of an old-fashioned Christmas<br />And a church in the valley of peace,<br />And the bell with its silver chiming<br />That eased our cares ere it ceased.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>The peals of the laughter of children<br />In toyland around the green tree;<br />Pleasing and happy the merriment,<br />How wonderful childhood must be.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>The logs blaze bright in the fireplace<br />As the hearts that are merry and gay,<br />As the sleighbells I hear in the distance<br />And wish they were coming my way.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>I wish you an old-fashioned Christmas<br />With neighbors and family and friends,<br />With church bells and singing and blessing<br />As the old year comes to an end.</div>
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/</a></div>
</span></span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-70099839456498313272018-12-12T09:00:00.000+00:002018-12-12T09:00:08.521+00:00Blogmas Day 12: Dear Santa - Kate Summers<div style="text-align: center;">
I <span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif;">am writing to say there is not much I need</span></div>
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I will let you choose and no matter I will be happy indeed.<br />You can get me some crayons or a book or anything that is red;<br />We get lots of snow so you could bring me a sled.<span style="font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Thank you Santa for visiting me<br />When you get here make sure to look at my tree.<br />For beside it, I will leave some cookies and milk for you<br />For the reindeer I will leave carrots too.</div>
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</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-48681239213428379962018-12-11T09:11:00.001+00:002018-12-11T09:11:09.057+00:00Blogmas Day 11: Old Santa Claus - Maud L. Betts <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Old Santa Claus is a jolly man</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Who brings us lots of toys, sir;</span></div>
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And none are happier Christmas time</div>
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Than little girls and boys, sir.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Have you not seen our Santa Claus,</span></div>
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With hair so snowy white, sir?</div>
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Just hang your stocking Christmas eve,</div>
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He'll come that very night, sir.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "arial" , sans-serif;">And if you watch, perhaps you'll see</span></div>
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This friend in furs hid deep, sir.</div>
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But I have never seen him once</div>
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I'm always fast asleep, sir.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Santa Claus is jolly, sir;</span></div>
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Santa Claus is kind, sir;</div>
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Santa Claus on Christmas eve</div>
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Comes riding on the wind, sir.<br />
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<a href="https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/" target="_blank">https://www.wow4u.com/christmas-poems/</a> </div>
</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-60713979889316144782018-12-11T09:09:00.000+00:002018-12-11T09:09:53.594+00:00Blogmas Day 10: Don't Let Christmas Be by Catherine Pulsifer<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Don't let Christmas be a time to be stressed</span></div>
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Don't let Christmas be a time to overspend</div>
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Don't let Christmas be a time to of no rest</div>
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Don't let Christmas be a time to ignore good friends.</div>
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Let Christmas be a joyous time</div>
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Let Christmas be a relaxing and happy holiday</div>
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Let Christmas be sharing of your dimes</div>
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Let Christmas be love in many ways. </div>
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</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744947065738474461.post-74819382476530269502018-12-09T09:00:00.001+00:002018-12-09T09:00:09.787+00:00Blogmas Day 9: A Christmas Message - Julie Hebert<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a message for you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I do believe it's grand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During this Christmas Season,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's time to take a stand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember the reason for Christmas,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And what it represents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jesus, loving and welcoming,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's not just about presents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So take this</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas message</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And pass it far and wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas is a time for caring,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let's share this message, amplified</span></div>
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</span>Charlie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882741006005732587noreply@blogger.com0