Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 – Day 7

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (7) It Was The Night Before Christmas

unloading our car
stars shine in the cold crisp air
Christmas eve

winter constellations blaze
old carols warming my heart
almost Christmas

in dim church light
soft carols and flickering candles
Christmas eve service

after midnight
the last gift under the tree
my love for you

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 6

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (6) Christmas Dinner

 

clinking silverware
laughter and conversation
holiday celebration

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 4

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (4) Feliz Navidad

“Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad” meaning “Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness“) English verse “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart”

Christmas Eve
the family goes caroling
through the neighborhood

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 7

Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 7 stress

Christmas eve
cold wind tugging my sleeve
as I  hurry home

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Christmas sermon
the stress melting away
remembering true gift

Seven Days Before Christmas Day 6

Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 6 presents

brightly wrapped gifts
waiting under the tree
child peers in awe

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 5

Seven Days to Christmas -Day 5 A Choir of Angels

Christmas pageant
angelic choir of cherubs
delighting parents

Seven Days Before Christmas – Day 4

Carpe diem – Seven Days to Christmas -Day 4 Christmas Story

star filled night
in a not so quiet stable
a savior is born

Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 3

Carpe Diem Seven Days to Christmas -Day 3 White Christmas

silence falls
colored lights softly muted
white Christmas

scarves flying
gleeful peals of laughter
Christmas snow

Seven Day’s Before Christmas – Day 2

Carpe Diem Seven Days to Christmas 2017 – Day 2 everlasting love

a mother’s tears fall
on the face of a new born baby
love everlasting

a mother’s tears fall
as her son’s last breath
forgives the zealots

on the face of a new born baby
rests the fate of the world
teach tolerance

love everlasting
spread one kindness at a time
hopes of peace stir