OUR CHRISTMAS PAST

Christmas as I remember

Long long time ago

Those cold days in December

With fresh fallen snow

The church bells would chime

And echo throughout the village

The sun rays would shine

We felt we were so privileged

I had my mother and father

My two sisters and me

Baba Kata our grandmother

I felt like I was in my high

We got no Christmas presents

We had no Christmas tree

We had each others presence

That was enough indeed

People would come and visit

And would exchange wishes

The wood burning stove would glisten

And us youngsters would listen

We set the round table on the floor

And we all gathered to eat

Unlike any time before

We were privileged to have meat

And that’s how I remember

Our Christmas past

That cold snowy December

O time went so very fast