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We have provided fresh and unique Christmas rhymes for the kids studying in classes nursery, LKG or UKG. Using such rhymes on the Christmas festival you can make your kids ready for the Christmas celebration whether at home or school. Kids are very fond of the Christmas celebration as they get gifts from Santa in the night. All the Christmas …

Last Christmas Tree ~ Howard D. Fencl I saw a truck of Christmas treesAnd each one had a tale,The driver stood them in a rowAnd put them up for sale. He strung some twinkly lightsAnd hung a sign up with a nail;“FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES”It said in red“FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE.”He poured himself hot cocoaIn a steaming thermos cup,And snowflakes …

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house,Every creature was hurting – even the mouse.The toys were all broken, their batteries dead;Santa passed out, with some ice on his head.Wrapping and ribbons just covered the floor, whileUpstairs the family continued to snore.And I in my T-shirt, new Reebok and jeans,Went into the kitchen and started to clean.When out …

A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance or a popular character. The verb caroling (or “to carol”) also refers to the singing of carols. Today the carol is represented almost exclusively by the Christmas carol, the Advent carol, and to a much lesser extent by the Easter …

Over The River: Poem by Linda Maria Child Over the river and through the wood To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through white and drifted snow. Over the river and through the wood Oh, how the wind does blow! It stings the toes And bites the nose, As over the ground we …

Early thanksgiving observances Thanksgiving Stands For: Funny Nursery Rhyme – Setting aside time to give thanks for one’s blessings, along with holding feasts to celebrate a harvest, are both practices that long predate the European settlement of North America. The first documented thanksgiving services in territory currently belonging to the United States were conducted by Spaniards and the French in …

A Thanksgiving Poem: Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, with a proclamation by George Washington after a request by Congress. Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday, and its celebration was intermittent until …

Thanksgiving Time: Thanksgiving was founded as a religious observance for all the members of the community to give thanks to God for a common purpose. A 1541 thanksgiving mass was held by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his expedition of 1,500 men at Palo Duro Canyon in what is today the Texas Panhandle. A thanksgiving took place …

One Day Is There of The Series: Thanksgiving Poem – Abraham Lincoln‘s successors as president followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving. But in 1939, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition. November had five Thursdays that year (instead of the more-common four), Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving rather …

Season of Lights: Children’s Diwali Poem Dunes of vapors from crackers rise, Engulf, as odorous airs resound Effusing joys to all abound Pearls of gleams in these autumn nights Adorn our lives else trite With sparklers that motley skies As soaring spirits of powder wander Let us thank the heavenly might, In this festive season of lights. Here are interesting …