Category: Christmas Poems

Shirley was a timid child, Such a ragged little waif. She hung around the mission Because that’s where she felt safe. Her parents let her wander, They just didn’t seem to care. As long as they could claim her When they went to draw welfare. She lived in Old Shantytown, Just a bunch of makeshift […]

I haven’t got the presents wrapped, The first guests have appeared. My kids are both hysterical, They’ve just found Santa’s beard. Bill’s rearranging mistletoe From where it was before, In hopes that he will get to kiss The widow from next door. They just returned my Christmas cards. In spite of getting writer’s cramps. I […]

While saying our prayers at Grandma’s house, My little brother Bobby and me. We had been to the Christmas tree lot, Where we had picked out our Christmas tree. Bobby was saying his prayers real loud, Things that he wanted St. Nick to bring. I said, “You don’t have to shout so loud Because Jesus […]

‘Twas the night before Christmas and Santa’s out of jail. He promised to capitulate and now he’s out on bail. The vertically challenged little ones that Santa calls his elves, Were the sneaky little scamps who filed the charge themselves. They said it didn’t matter just how much that Santa pays, He should never be […]

When I was born, the midwife said That one day I’d change history. Now what she meant has always been, To all of us, a mystery. My parents had been way too poor To send me off somewhere to school, But they taught me to be honest And to obey the golden rule. They taught […]