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Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree Little bits of silver tinsel, Velvet ribbons and shiny globes, Strings of stars borrowed from the heavens Next to angels with golden hair; Flying sleighs and drummer boys, Sweet candy canes and satin bows Hang from boughs of fir or pine Where elfin dolls and teddy bears Survey surroundings from their boughs With quaint chalets and paper stars Made with glitter by tiny hands With a loving touch to weave love's spell Into hearts of all who see These fragile gifts That so carefully hang By China bells and Christmas geese, Stern toy soldiers and horns of brass, Skating bears and soaring doves, A reindeer with his red nose Blinking - Glittering tree of holiday wonder Brought from the forest Of evergreen Decked with ornaments, Made from memories, Now a Christmas vision In the hearts Of children ever young.

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Date: 12/25/2023 10:30:00 PM
Such a wonderful write apt for the season with great imagery dearest Sam... Thank you for your visit to my page... Happy holidays... Hugs... ~ Ani
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Date: 12/9/2023 10:08:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. What a wonderful and lovely write. Very descriptive, even capturing what the tree meant to the children. Happy Holidays, Sam.
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Date: 12/9/2023 9:52:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your lovely "Christmas Tree" write. Have a wonderful day/weekend.................
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:55:00 AM
Hi Paula! Am just now beginning to catch up! Thank you for your lovely note of congratulations! I am so glad you enjoyed this poem - that it brought you some Christmas joy! Blessings of health, hope and happiness to you!
Date: 12/8/2023 7:50:00 PM
The tree you have described holds all that can evoke sweet memories of Christmas ! What a splendid tree... with baubles and figures of angels with golden hair, twinkling little stars, elfin dolls and teddy bears, candy canes and satin bows.... all made with a touch to weave love's spell. Your tree imparts a Christmas vision not in the hearts if children alone, but in adults too! Such an ingeniously crafted poem and a true delight!
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Date: 12/7/2023 6:48:00 AM
This is such a delightful, highly descriptive read dear Sam. You have captured so much here and the imagery is so beautiful. I especially love the last few lines. Perfect for this season. So enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing. Hugs and blessings to you. :):)
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Date: 12/6/2023 1:25:00 PM
Very sweet and charming poem. i like how it uses shorter lines.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/21/2024 9:24:00 AM
Hi Andrea! Thank you so much! Am just now catching up! Sigh! So glad you enjoyed my Christmas tree with its variety of decorations collected, and added to, each year! So glad you picked up on the short phrases! I wanted to highlight each and every special ornament! Hope your new year is going well. Blessings!!
Date: 12/6/2023 1:23:00 PM
A huge Yuletide FAV for me, Sam. Just beauteous in holiday splendor. Many Christmas Joy blessings to you and yours. Hugs ~
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:17:00 AM
Thank you so much Regina! For me, the Christmas tree is the central image of the beauty for the holiday decorations - a symbol of eternity in evergreen! Sending you blessings of health and happiness for 2024!
Date: 12/5/2023 6:49:00 PM
I do so love a Christmas tree. I used to take my children around to see all the decorations in our neighborhood. Now they are grown and I take my fur babies out to see the pretty lights. Loved this. God Bless, JB
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:52:00 AM
Hi Judy! Thank you so much for the gift of your beautiful message! Happy New Year! I am with you as I just love a Christmas tree. What a wonderful evergreen symbol of the eternal - a symbol that brings so much joy and light into our world. One year our family had a progressive dinner so we could see each one of our trees! That was so much fun! And, like you, I love to go around the neighborhood to see all the decorations. Thank you for sharing in this joyful experience! Sending you blessings of health, hope and happiness for this year!
Date: 12/5/2023 12:52:00 PM
Perfect to get us in the mood for the season. It is beautifully expressed Sam.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:41:00 AM
Hi Richard! Just now beginning to catch up! I so appreciated your wonderful feedback. I agree! There is nothing like seeing all of the decorated trees to put all of us in the holiday mood! Everyone of them is different! Truly an experience of joy! Thank you for the gift of your feedback. Blessings of health, hope and happiness to you!!
Date: 12/4/2023 1:24:00 PM
This warmed my heart. Very appropriate... enjoyed your lovely poetry!
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:26:00 AM
Hi Paige, many thanks and much gratitude coming to you for your lovely compliments. They touched my heart like the beauty of a Christmas tree! Sending you blessings of health, hope and happiness! Thanks for sharing in my joy!!
Date: 12/4/2023 1:20:00 PM
I am deeply moved by your poem, Dear Sam. At times like this, our hearts long for the presence of our loved ones who have passed on. Thankfully, we are fortunate to have treasured memories that stay with us. My friend, your use of vivid imagery to express yourself is astounding. It is this joyous piece that gives the greatest joy. Best wishes to you and yours dear friend and best of luck with the contest.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/25/2024 10:24:00 AM
Dear Lasaad! Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback! You are so right! As I take each ornament from its box, I am filled with memories of friends and family. It is a joyful experience! This poem was as much fun to write as decorating the tree itself with memories! I never tire of sitting in front of the tree and gazing at its beauty. For me it is truly a symbol of love! Thank you for sharing in that joy, dear friend! Sending you blessings of health, hope and happiness!
Date: 12/4/2023 8:56:00 AM
Wonderful vision you have created here Sam, I really enjoyed reading it.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/21/2024 9:29:00 AM
Hi Terry! Thank you for your delightful note! Am finally beginning to catch up after the holidays. We seemed to have celebrated from mid-December through the first week of January!!! I love the way you refer to a Christmas tree as a "vision" of loveliness. For me, half of the fun of Christmas is seeing the way people decorate their trees. They do create a vision of light and loveliness for the season! Blessings of health and happiness to you!
Date: 12/4/2023 2:28:00 AM
I really love how you made your Christmas tree so vivid and brought it to life.. love how you opened with all the colours and nice use of shades to describe it differently... you capture the joy of it so well and this is a wonderful poem...
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/21/2024 9:14:00 AM
Morning SO! Thank you for your ever so thoughtful, and very perceptive, feedback! I agree! There is such pure "joy" in decorating and then taking in the beauty of a decorated Christmas tree - a blank canvas just waiting to be painted with happiness and good will! As I unpack each ornament the memories associated with each one does bring me joy! Perhaps I should have called the poem "Tree of Joy!" Maybe that is the reason I put off taking down the tree. I hope all is well with you! Blessings of health and joy to you!! Thank you again!
Date: 12/3/2023 11:12:00 PM
Christmas wouldn't be the same without one, you captured everything about the Christmas tree in your verse, it's the first that that we put up when decorating. Ours although artificial looks real. Found real ones shed their needles all over the floor. Hope you have a good week ahead Sam. Good luck in the contest. Over Fork Over. Tom
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/21/2024 9:02:00 AM
Hi Tom! Am finally catching up and I wanted to thank you for your wonderful feedback! I totally agree you. The Christmas tree is so integral to the holiday. I could spend hours just gazing at it. One year, when we were moving from state to state and on a ski vacation, we didn't have a tree. It felt so strange!!! We go as a family to cut down our tree - well not the whole tree only the tree above the bottom 3-4 whirls as a new tree will grow from one of these whirls. Hope you are doing well. Blessings of continued health and happiness. Over Fork Over!

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