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It was repeated by the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree on 11 December 2014. [6] Studwell describes the poem as "simple, direct and sincere" and notes that it is a rare example of a carol which has overcome the disadvantage of "not having a tune (or two or three) which has caught the imagination of holiday audiences." [7] Love came down at ...
The main plot of Overton's novel takes place during the holy days of Christmas, beginning on December 25 (Christmas Day) and ending on January 6 (Epiphany); during the first twelve days, the fairytale-obsessed Annaple Kitson's merchant boyfriend, Francis Vere, sends her birds, pear trees, rings, fresh milk, and entertainers, her mood changing ...
The Oxen" is a poem (sometimes known by its first line, "Christmas Eve, and Twelve of the Clock") by the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840–1928). It relates to a West Country legend: that, on the anniversary of Christ 's Nativity , each Christmas Day , farm animals kneel in their stalls in homage.
"Green Groweth the Holly" has also been circulated as a love poem. The original poem has no references to God or Christmas in it. The evergreen character of the holly during the winter's weather is instead offered as an image for the faithfulness of the male lover to his beloved through all adversities. [5] [1]
Illustration to verse 1 Illustration to verse 2 "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas").
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The famous Christmas poem first appeared in the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823. Many sources indicate that the poem was sent to the newspaper by a friend of Clement Clarke Moore , and the person giving the poem to the newspaper, without Moore's knowledge, certainly believed the poem had been written by Moore.