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Christmas Poetry Readings
If you were with us last year, we shared some lovely Christmas poetry as our gift to your family during this beautiful, but often too busy, season. You can read and listen to those poems here.
This year we are sharing 3 more beloved Christmas poems. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy being part of your homeschool journey. We look forward to another wonderful year of creating delightful homeschools together.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
PS – At the bottom of this post we’ve shared some of our favorite Christmas poetry books as well as a printable of these poems for your family to enjoy, so don’t miss them. There’s a bonus Chocolate gingerbread recipe we hope you enjoy!
Good King Wenceslas by John Mason Neale
Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”
Christmas Eve by Christina Rosetti
Christmas hath a darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
Earth, strike up your music,
Birds that sing and bells that ring;
Heaven hath answering music
For all Angels soon to sing:
Earth, put on your whitest
Bridal robe of spotless snow:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
Print your Christmas Poetry and a fun cookie recipe here!
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Christmas Poetry Resources
A Family ChristmasHelen Steiner Rice: A Collection of Christmas Poetry
A Cup of Christmas Tea
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Thanks so much for those encouraging words!