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 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 […]

When I see a manger scene, I never think it’s fair. They have wise men and shepherds, But Round John Virgin’s never there.