I miss the family gatherings, my grandparents making a fuss.

I miss that "little child" that was once in all of us.

I miss the excitement and the smell of a brand-new toy

I miss my parents saying, “You better behave Johnny-boy!”

I miss the smell of home-made cookies that were really made from scratch.

 I miss staying up, waiting for Santa, red candy apples; where can we get a batch?

I miss making a snowman and building a snowball fort taller than me.

 I miss the smelling of the scent of a real live Christmas tree.

I miss the old songs, Christmas carols, when we sang about our Savior and His birth.

Jesus gave His all, He is the real reason we have Christmas in all the earth!

 Come let us adore him and sing Praises of His birth!

                    MERRY CHRISTMAS all!

©JMD