Christmas poems to put you in a festive mood. Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most ...

This Christmas poem is much longer than the two-stanza excerpt above, but you can read the full work to find out how it ends. 4. “The Christmas Holly” by Eliza Cook.

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy.

What makes a Christmas poem? It could be a drift of snow or some evergreen trees, a box of candy canes or the baby Jesus. The best-known poem attending to the holiday is probably “A Visit from ...

The “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in The Sentinel, a newspaper based in Troy, New York. An instant success, ...

Best Christmas Poems 1. Jesus Christ Emmanuel. Journeying to Bethlehem, a long and tiring trek Every bed was full that night, no matter where they checked ...

Last year at roughly this time, as astute Sun readers will recall, we featured “In the Bleak Midwinter,” by Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), to herald the coming of Christmas. As we noted with that ...

A Famous Christmas Poem Could Sell for $500,000 “A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said. Listen to this article · 9:19 ...

I would complete my choice of what might be called “Christmas Day” poetry by moving to the late 20th century and the understated tension of R.S. Thomas’ “Hill Christmas” in which weather ...