Entries from December 2013 ↓

Pastor was coming, Now what should we do? Where did we put it? Not one of us knew. We frantically looked; We searched high and low. It had to be somewhere, Just where did it go? The whole family’s searched. It’s somewhere around. Before he gets here, It’s got to be found. He hasn’t been […]

The father had two sons Of whom he was so proud. One son was too quiet. The other one too loud. The quiet one from birth Was real pessimistic. But the happy loud boy Was too optimistic. Billy, the optimist, Saw each day as a game. Joey, the pessimist, Thought all days were the same. […]

I remember when the manger scene Was real as it could be. I’d gaze at it for hours Beneath our Christmas tree. I would babysit for Mary So that she could get some rest, And place the wise men and the shepherds Where they could see the best. I fed all of the animals, The […]

Somebody stole Baby Jesus From the manger scene on the lawn. The preacher, when he came to church, Was first to find the baby gone. He said, with anger in his voice, That the baby had been taken And that his faith in human kind Was beginning to be shaken. Right after church, still breathing […]

The store clerk saw the stranger, And the sad look on his face, As he watched Christmas shoppers Rush around from place to place. The next time that he saw him, He was by the manger scene. Some people had thrown trash there And it wasn’t kept too clean. Then he watched him make his […]