<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344657" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Memories From Christmases Past</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Precious memories from Christmases past, <br>Forever, in my mind, will last and last.<br>We’d hang paper chains and balloons from the ceiling, <br>To give our home a really lovely, Christmassy feeling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tinsel, baubles and bells, adorned the Christmas tree, <br>Which, was lovingly decorated, by my dad and me.<br>On top of the tree, a heavenly angel would be placed: <br>Her dress was pure white, and was made of fine lace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On Christmas morning, quite early, we would all rise, <br>And be thrilled with the lovely presents before our eyes.<br>On Christmas afternoon, we would all watch the TV, <br>And later, in the evening, we’d all enjoy a buffet tea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We’d always buy crackers, which we all loved to pull, <br>And we’d eat our Christmas day roast, until, finally, full.<br>We’d have Christmas pudding, which I, for one, adored, <br>And over the top of it, we’d have double cream poured.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when dad died, our Christmases seemed to fall apart, <br>And now, no longer, is it a special time within my heart. <br>Now it just seems to be a time of much anxiety and stress, <br>And, as an adult, I’m beginning to like it less and less.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I often wish that Christmas was still as it used to be, <br>When dad and I enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree.<br>As an adult, the years seem to speed by so very fast.<br>Oh, how I wish for those times of Christmases past!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Wybrow">Angela Wybrow</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344657" data-title="Memories From Christmases Past de Angela Wybrow" data-description="Precious memories from Christmases past, Forever, in my mind, will last and last. We’d hang paper chains and balloons from the ceiling, To give our home a really lovely, Christmassy feeling. Tinsel, baubles and bells, adorned the Christmas tr..."></div> </div> </div>

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