Food Christmas Poems

A whiff of cedar, strong in the air
Joyful cries as days grow near
When single a day, makes men wonder days
Moving about without delays
With sales rising...

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Evergreen corpses strewn on sidewalks
like victims of plague,
still adorned with specks of tinsel
abandoned and forlorn
once welcome houseguests now in the street 
never to greet another...

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The Real Christmas


From Black Friday to Christmas Eve,
presents to purchase and wrap. 
Office and family parties, visits to relatives
platters of food and gallons of alcohol.
Trees...

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Plum tuckered from the Polar Express,
off the rails and despairing of goody-
goody gumdrops and sweet words
that impresses many a poetic treat.

Preparation of Victorian sweets, via...

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Turned on the TV to see what they'd say
There's crowds in the streets all around the UK
Shelves being ransacked at Tesco all day
It's happening too...

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it's a christmas rule
calories don't count eat up
santa claus says so...

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If you’re looking for yuletide cynicism here,
you’re shopping in the wrong place.

This is New York City’s time of year.
It’s stood the test of time and...

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Sold mainly at Christmas
Similar to fruit cake.
Spiced with ground cinnamon
Studded with candied peel
Sultanas, nuts, raisins
Soft marzipan centre.
Save a big slice for me!
...

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Rich, red and delicious
Reddened by a good mix 
Recipe not too much 
Reminds me of Mama
Refreshing with a drink
Rated well at far ends
Remembering days past...

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I am making a list, but do not check it twice
All of you are invited, whether naughty or nice
First, we will have roast beef, stewed...

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HOLIDAYTREAT

Heart shaped, it’s Lebkuchen pride
Heaven’s gingerbread inside
Honey, adding to the taste
Having effects on one’s waist
Helping oneself, not in haste
Holding the bag close for fun
Hoping to...

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Creamily melts in the mouth like butter
Comfort food that sets tongues aflutter.
Cups or mugs hold this rich luscious drink
Created from cocoa, sugar and milk.
Captivates taste...

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T’was the night before Christmas,
When we all joined a Christmas Vigil Mass;
We're caught way back home by a traffic jam,
We starved and stopped at a...

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‘Twas the night before Christmas
When I started the chore
Of making  the trifle
As I’d done before

I’d boiled the kettle
when I realised
I’d forgotten the jelly 
what...

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There is a moment every single year
Such a joyful one without a tear
The tree is up, the food purchased
Delivered present, friends embraced
With time taken out...

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