A POEM SHARED WITH YOU -This truly is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

Well it’s almost here again

That special time of year

When we try so hard to catch up

With those we hold so dear.

We try to keep tradition

Although our lives are changed

There are things we know are different

In fact – have been re-arranged.

We hang the wreath upon our door

And put tinsel on the tree.

The lights are glowing in the window

So that all may see.

We take out our treasured baubles

And memories of days gone by

We become quite wistful

And wipe the tears from our eye.

There are ghostly shadows

Of Christmases now long gone

The times we were together

When the family was one.

There are things we always do

Special things we always make

The Chocolate truffles and the Cheese Ball

And of course – the Christmas cake.

Christmas in Australia ~

Quite different I am told

No crackling, smoking Yule log

For it is anything but cold.

Carols by Candlelight

On a blanket in the park.

Waiting to light the candles

Waiting for the dark.

Underneath the Southern Cross

On a glorious summer night

We keep our Australian tradition

And we know that it is right.

You have your winter and your snow

While we bask on sunlit sands

Difficult for you to understand

Who come from different lands.

But when all is said and done

And we go back to the reason

It is no different where we live

Why we celebrate the season.

So as this Christmas time approaches 

And you take the time apart

Just know that you are special

In a corner of my heart.

©  Linda J. Vaughan

November 16th. 2003

Written 7 years ago - wow where does the time go?

Love and hugs,

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

Alexander Smith