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Christmas Poetry
HO HO HO 
HO HO HO HERE WE GO
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME MY FRIEND
WE SAW IT COMING MONTHS AGO
AND HERE IT COMES AGAIN I
T NEVER FAILS TO ARRIVE
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME
HOLDING TIGHTLY TO SURVIVE
THE LOSS OF EACH AND EVERY DIME
TIS THE SEASON TO GO BROKE
I DON'T REALLY CARE
IF THOSE EARNINGS GO IN SMOKE
UP THE CHIMNEY THERE
I'D RATHER HAVE THEM GO IN SMOKE
THAN TO THE IRS
FOR I FEEL IT IS A JOKE
THIEVERY AT IT'S BEST
SO HO HO HO GUESS WHAT YOU OWE
IS MONEY NOW THE REASON?
CHRISTMAS TIME MEANS SPENDING DOUGH
TAKE JESUS FROM THE SEASON
REMEMBER HOW THE DRUMMER BOY
HAD NOTHING HE COULD BRING
THAN MUSIC FROM HIS HEART
WITH JOY THAT MADE THE ANGELS SING
HO HO HO IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME
JESUS IN THE AIR
HO HO HO KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND
JESUS EVERY WHERE
LITTLE GIFTS 
SEE THE GIFTS UNDER THE TREE
THERE'S NOT A ONE THAT'S FROM ME
I CAN'T SEND SOMETHING WITH BOWS
SHINY PAPER AND HEAVEN KNOWS
I CAN'T GIVE YOU STORE BOUGHT THINGS
I CAN'T SEND YOU DIAMOND RINGS
YOU WON'T EVEN GET A CARD
FROM THE MAILBOX IN YOUR YARD
BUT I HOPE THAT JUST IN TIME
IN AN ENVELOPE YOU WILL FIND
A SIMPLE LETTER TYPED REAL NICE
AND A POEM THAT HAS NO PRICE
LITTLE GIFTS MAY SEEM REAL SMALL
THOSE NOT FOUND AT THE SHOPPING MALL
HANG THIS POEM WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THIS IS YOUR SPECIAL PART OF ME
TELLING YOU ALL YEAR THROUGH
I AM ALWAYS THERE WITH YOU
WITH LOVE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU
DAWN
FAMILY CHRISTMAS '98' 
AFTER ALL THE TIME THAT'S PASSED US BY
I SIT AND WONDER WHY
ALL THOSE HOLIDAYS THAT WE SPENT
APART AND THEN I SIGH
IT'S NOT A SIGH OF REGRET
MORE LIKE A PEACEFULNESS
FOR ONCE AGAIN WE WILL GET
TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS
ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS WE KNOW
FROM DAYS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
THEY'RE COMING BACK AGAIN HO HO
I HOPE THE GARLANDS HUNG
THE FAMILY IS LARGER NOW
FOR WE HAVE CHILDREN TOO
FINALLY THEY WILL SEE US HOW
WE WERE AND WHAT WE'D DO
WE'VE CARRIED OUR TRADITIONS
WITH US IN OUR HEARTS
BUT NOTHING BEATS A CHRISTMAS
TOGETHER NOT APART
WITH LOVE TO MY FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS
DAWN
MY CHRISTMAS LIST 
AS I SET OUT ON MY TASK
OF SHOPPING FOR THE SEASON
I STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT MYSELF
I REALLY NEED NO REASON
I MEAN I THINK I'M JUSTIFIED
FOR ONCE TO THINK OF ME
AFTER ALL I LIVE MY LIFE
SUPPORTING OTHER'S NEEDS
VACATION'S A WORD I DO NOT KNOW
IT'S BEEN SO LONG YOU SEE
IF I HAD NO STRESS NO MORE
I THINK I'D CEASE TO BE
SO HERE I AM AT CHRISTMAS TIME
JUST GIVING ME A THOUGHT
A MINI BREAK TO DREAM AGAIN
RECOVERING DREAMS I'D LOST
UNDERNEATH MY CHRISTMAS TREE
SANTA PLEASE I ASK
PLACE A BOX OF BRAND NEW DREAMS
AND PEACE IN TWO BIG SACKS
I'D ALSO LIKE MY STOCKING STUFFED
FULL OF GOODIES TOO
HOW ABOUT SOME SWEET DREAMS
FRUITS OF MY LABORS WILL DO
IN A BIG RED BOX - A GIFT
ALL WRAPPED IN GOLDEN BOWS
INSIDE I'LL FIND A BRAND NEW HEART
UNBROKEN, IT FEELS, IT GLOWS
THEN TO PUT INSIDE MY HEART
I'M SURE THAT I WILL FIND
THE GIFT THAT'S LAST,
WAY IN BACK
A LOVE THAT'S REALLY MINE
A LOVER'S CHRISTMAS LIST 
GIVE ME ONE BIG CHRISTMAS KISS
NUMBER ONE ON MY CHRISTMAS LIST
SECOND IS A REAL BIG HUG
WARM LIKE CHOCOLATE IN THE MUG
THIRD I'D LIKE TO SIT A WHILE
LOOK AT ME AND SEE YOU SMILE
WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK WITH ME
CONVERSATION IS WHAT I NEED
LET'S DEBATE A THING OR TWO
SOMETHING MEATY IS WHAT WOULD DO
THEN I'D FEEL ALL SATISFIED
THAT WOULD WARM ME UP INSIDE
THEN WE'D CUDDLE FEELING GOOD
JUST THE WAY THAT LOVER'S SHOULD
YOU SEE I WOULD NOT HAVE A DOUBT
THAT I'M LOVED FROM INSIDE OUT
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