Christmas Eve............

Pat Laster & (grandson) Billy Paulus--from central Arkansas USA--wish all a Merry Christmas/ Happy Hanukkah/ Happy Holidays/ and all other phrases of the season. pl



Christmas Eve -
teenagers hanging stockings
for their parents

--by Dorothy McLaughlin, NJ
from Connecting Our Houses-1997
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Christmas eve
three-alarm chili for his
mother-in-law

--from Poems for December: Found & Otherwise-2002
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reminiscence
never chips and never breaks
can't be repossessed

-idea from M. Oakley, ADG
--from Dynamic December-2003
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blowing in the wind
of the freeway traffic
Christmas gift wrappings

--from a branch of red leaves-2005
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Christmas Eve silence
evening tea
and Perry Como

--from in front of the moon-2010
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c 2011 Pat Laster dba lovepat press