<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548433" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christmas Alone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was a child<br>Christmas was such a loving joy<br>Sweetly enhancing the soul <br>With memories of smiles and laughter <br>Wearing paper hats and pulling crackers <br>Golden times with my parents and brother.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Late on Christmas Eve<br>Close to the midnight hour<br>My father crept silent as a mouse<br>Into the bedroom I shared with my brother<br>To fill our pillowcases with toys<br>While we pretended to be asleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At noon, we all sat around a laden table<br>With turkey crisp and golden<br>Ready to be carved; the legs for my brother and me.<br>Sage and onion stuffing, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts Then the luscious rounded Christmas pudding<br>With hidden three-penny pieces to bring us luck.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, alone and frail in white-haired old age<br>With parents and brother long gone <br>I eat alone and watch the Queen on TV<br>Then doze awhile to dream of other Christmases<br>When I was a child sitting at a laden table<br>Hearing my family's laughter sharing in their joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Colin+Ian+Jeffery">Colin Ian Jeffery</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=548433" data-title="Christmas Alone de Colin Ian Jeffery" data-description="When I was a child Christmas was such a loving joy Sweetly enhancing the soul With memories of smiles and laughter Wearing paper hats and pulling crackers Golden times with my parents and brother. Late on Christmas Eve Close to the midnight ho..."></div> </div> </div>

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