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There’s a long-ago story we revisit every year.
That presents a still-life image inside our brains.
An image of a world that operated in ways less complicated.
Our imaginations repaint us into a Currier and Ives scene.
Bliss-filled feelings get reincarnated in our hearts.
At that time when One newly born into a stable—
Into the world on a night when the Light came out.
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It’s a clear star-filled night with snow blanketing rolling hills
That lays out a soft bed and brings with it an almost grab-able still.
Angels flitting, near and plentiful, create a feeling some might really appear.
While silver chimes. Brass trumpets o’er the crisp air sound.
To ring a bell, trip the re—mind back to a time
When One newly born into a stable—
Into the world on a night when the Light came out.
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The years pass by, by the 1000s, still remembering.
When a world—wrung with yearning—woke up to a [whole] new view…
And the baby enrapt in a swaddling glow,
And the sheep and the shepherds (add in a sprinkle of cattle lowing)…
Kings, celestial beings, every whit now bowing low—
All that time ago when the Light came out at night!
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As youngest of 5, I got picked on & teased growing up but
During that recurring time of year, love acted like a blanket
6 layers deep and multi-faceted.
With my sisters tickling & chiding me, were at the same time taking good care of me.
My brothers were busy bothering me and pointing out to me my dumber side.
It seems I was well-placed at the end of my family line.
The years pass by, I still remember it: that night when the Light came out.
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A nuclear brand of love extended down my mom’s side.
Yielding a full spread of uncles and aunts…
Who’d intuitively pull together and up the slack.
To fill in the cracks around any and all necessity gaps.
For the blessing of us—the countless number of downline brats.
From my view: a full crew in every way imaginable.
It all snaps me back to the night when the Light came out.
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Our Christmas times, as I recall them now, were—every year—
Crowded out by my mother’s broad shoulders,
By my lavish continuum of family members plus
By shepherds, kings, celestial beings, a standing-room-only radiance of angels
All cramming in around our tree, in around our table,
All on account of the One newly born into a stable—
Into the world on a night when the Light came out.
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James Rockwood
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