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    Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season
    Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season
    Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season
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    Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season

    By June Cotner

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    When Christmas seems too commercial, open to any page in this book and be filled with the spirit of the season.  Keep Christmas alive in your heart as you dip in for inspiration that conveys the true meaning of Christmas.  Over 100 poems, prayers, toasts, and blessings from contemporary writers to classic voices, such as Christina Rosetti and Emily Dickinson, fill the pages of this inspirational collection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateOct 20, 2015
    ISBN9781449474300
    Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season
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    June Cotner

    June Cotner is the author of the celebrated Graces, Bedside Prayers, Get Well Wishes, Animal Blessings and Family Celebrations. She lives with her husband, two wayward dogs, and two stray cats in Poulsbo, Washington, just outside of Seattle.

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      Christmas Blessings - June Cotner

      THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS

      The sound of joyful church bells

      Heard from a distant hill,

      A warm and cozy fireside

      To chase the winter’s chill.

      The jingle of the sleigh bells,

      A Christmas candle’s glow,

      The cherished celebrations

      Each heart has come to know.

      A child’s anticipation

      As he peers beneath the tree,

      And finds the gift he asked for

      When he sat on Santa’s knee.

      The sights and sounds of Christmas

      Woefully will depart,

      But the wondrous love of Jesus

      Can remain within each heart.

      —catherine janssen irwin

      IF I WERE A CHRISTMAS TREE

      I’d

      like

      to be a

      Christmas

      tree with pres-

      ents all around;

      with golden ropes,

      and silver

      tinsel hanging

      to the ground. I’d

      trim my boughs with

      crystal balls of red and blue

      and white, and watch them glow

      and catch the gleam of every Christmas

      light. I’d wrap myself in

      candy canes and popcorn balls,

      and such. And, last, I’d have a shining

      angel for my crowning touch! Then early

      Christmas morn when little ones, with shouts

      of joy, rush in to see and claim and treasure every

      wondrous toy, I’d lean my boughs to brush up close and

      touch each child like this, and place upon each shining cheek my

      loving

      Christmas

      kiss!

      —bonnie compton hanson

      EVERYWHERE CHRISTMAS

      Peace on earth—

      It’s Christmas;

      Silent is the night.

      All about

      the beauty—

      Earth is dressed in white.

      Listen;

      Hear the angels—

      Songs are in the air.

      Wide eyes

      shine in wonder—

      It’s Christmas everywhere.

      —joan stephen

      CHRISTMAS COMES EVERYWHERE

      Finns feast on Christmas Eve; salt

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