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  • Christmas Hearth Rhyme

    Christmas Hearth Rhyme

    This came out of American Childhood, a teacher’s magazine from December 1949. It is an anonymous hymn, maybe written by many people as time progressed. Christmas Hearth Rhyme Sing we all merrilyChristmas is here,The day we love bestOf all the days in the year. Bring forth the holly,The box and the bay,Deck out our cottageFor…

  • The Father Christmas

    A long time back we talked of Our Darlings, a book I got while I was in England in 2010. It’s hard to tell when it was published, because sometimes they didn’t put years on the copyright page. This is especially true with British publications. I think this is from the 20s. THE FATHER CHRISTMAS.…

  • Christmas Cards

    This is from Our Darlings, the British book we’ve spoken of before. I think this poem is very cute! CHRISTMAS CARDS. Now first they saved the money, And then they went to buy Their Christmas Cards, some funny, But all to please the eye. Then next they found the inkpot And borrowed Mother’s pen. Without…