<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420010" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Family Tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In every proud Victorian home</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was a tree ablaze in light</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bedecked with gold and garland strands</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to celebrate on Christmas night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Again in times close to our own</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In every decent Christian home</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A little creche gained in favor</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to celebrate our infant savior.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The years speed past for you and me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I think back half a century</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To when I was a tiny child</div><div style="margin:10px 0">agog at my first Christmas tree.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Among the decorations there</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Six small orbs of hand blown glass</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Mom and Dad’s first Christmas tree</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They were a precious legacy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">That home is but a memory, true</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From those six orbs we have lost two</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From other hearths now trees arise</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to sparkle in our children’s eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</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=420010" data-title="Family Tree de John F. McCullagh" data-description="In every proud Victorian home There was a tree ablaze in light Bedecked with gold and garland strands to celebrate on Christmas night. Again in times close to our own In every decent Christian home A little creche gained in favor to cele..."></div> </div> </div>

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