Christmas Poems

Christmas Poems

Santa Claus, by Fred Emerson Brooks

I am that mythical, mystical thing--
The litt...

Harlequin, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

The world lay brown and barren at the closing o...

Sally in Our Alley, by Henry Carey

Of all the Girls that are so smart
There's non...

A Ballad of Santa Claus, by Henry Van Dyke

Among the earliest saints of old, before the f...

King Witlaf's Drinking-Horn, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Witlaf, a king of the Saxons,
Ere yet his la...

The Norman Baron, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In his chamber, weak and dying,
Was the Norm...

Christmas Time, by Isaac McLellan

The year is well-nigh ended, the leaf is sere ...

Christmas Morning, by Jody Azzouni

Originally appeared in Voices International
Vo...

The Old Year and the New, by John Godfrey Saxe

Goodbye, Old Year!--I can but say,
Sadly I s...

On the Oubangui, by John J. Ronan

(for Ben) Guides poled and guests paddled,
...

Circus Clown, by Joshua Knight

Just saw a preview for the movie,
Yes, wher...

1942, by Katherine Gallagher

They'd hoped he'd be back for Christmas -
the ...

Christmas Hymn, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

We bring no rich gifts like the wise men of old...

Easter Day, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

The happiest day of all the year is this
By so...

Two Christmas Pictures, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Holly-berries on the hills,
Bright above the ...

The Voice of the Clock, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

"Tick, tick, tick, " for many a long, long y...

A Christmas Thought, by Mary T. Lathrap

Once more across the weary earth
Shines out th...

O Christmas Day, by Robert McIntyre

O Christmas Day!
O Babe, who in the manger la...

O Christmas Tree, by Robert McIntyre

The Palm is the king of the lands of the sun,
...

On Christmas Eve, by Robert McIntyre

On Christmas Eve, in this dim room,
There dr...

Christmas Faith, by Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

"Do you believe in Santa Claus?"
To his little...

Christmas Pictures, by Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

Christmas-Eve! And all unruffled
Dumb white sp...

Christmas, by S. Moore

Hail! Happy season of the year,
With sweetest...

Christmas Carol, by S. Moore

With joy we hail the happy morn,
When God was...

Santa Claus, by S. Moore

Old Santa Claus is now on his way
Laden with p...