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How short the time since we bid adieu

It scarcely seems but yesterday

Since we stored bells and lights away,

Dismantled trees and with a sigh

watched another year slip by.

Regretfully we shed a tear, then turned to greet a bright new year.

With quickened heart and cheerful smile

We sought to hold it for a while,

To check it's hurried, frenzied pace

That so unnerves the human race.

But time and tide await no man,

Once more it's Christmas time again,

And time to shop for gifts and toys

for loved ones, friends and girls and boys.

And time to trim the waiting tree,

A time to lay aside all care

To pause and kneel in fervent prayer

With grateful hearts to God above

Who, in His great and wondrous love,

Sent down to earth from heaven's throne

His Son, our Savior, to atone

For all the deeds of sinful men

And give them peace of mind again.

A time to pray that HE might send

Peace now on earth, good will to men

And that His sweet Spirit shall dwell

In every heart this glad Noel.

When from our knees we'll rise, ah, then,

Echoes will fall, Amen! Amen!

Loved it suz.......................imagine I was a 17 yr old girl.......whew, time has come and gone and some things have stayed the same.........it was taught to us by good christian parents, the reason for the season without a 8 foot tree with presents piled 5 feet to the ceilings......a simple time but yet a time of change. Can't say things changed for the best, but want to teach the younger of simple life without the frills and glitz of deception of this sad world. If we keep passing it on as your aunt has in her poems and I thank you so much for sharing them.

Thanks again for sharing her poems,

Thank you Suzanne. In 63 we were in Connecticut, and really struggling to raise 3 kids and get established. I was not yet a Christian, yet we took the kids to Sunday School and went through the motions. How wonderful it is to be a Christian now, and even more so during this season of remembering His birth. Sincerely, Grandpa John

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