When the cold winds howl wild and long
a fire, a blanket, and love wrap around,
a soft friend to cuddle makes teddy a winner
through the long dark night of lonely winter
someone to talk to who can make you laugh
a Santa’s ho-ho-ho, a reindeer’s goofy nose
or make your heart sing high with the angels
is a present wrapped in the tissue
of a comfy, foggy tree, all serving to silence,
all blazing with love seen on a newborn’s face,
all contributing to our greatest riches,
surrendering all doubts in the safety of home.
Every year I write a Christmas poem for my friends and send it out, this is the Christmas poem for 2011.