I have a list of folks whom I know all written in a book,
And every year at Christmas time I go and take a look.
And that is when I realize that these names are of a part,
Not of the book in which they’re written, but of my very heart.
Each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime,
And in that meeting they’ve become the rhythm of the rhyme.
And while it sounds fantastic of me to make this claim,
I really feel that I’m composed of each remembered name.
And while you may not be aware of any special link,
Just meeting you has shaped my life more than you can think.
For once you’ve met somebody, those years they can’t erase,
The memories of a pleasant word or of a friendly face.
So never think that my Christmas greeting is just a mere routine,
Of names upon a Christmas list forgotten in between.
For when I send a Christmas greeting that is addressed to you,
It’s because you’re on that list of folks whom I am indebted to.
For I’m but a total of the many ones I’ve met,
And you happen to be one of those I prefer not to forget.
And whether I’ve known you for many years or few,
In some way you had a part in shaping things I do.
So every year when Christmas comes, I realize anew,
The biggest gift that life can give is meeting someone like you.
And may the spirit of Christmas that forever and ever endures,
Leave its richest blessings in the heart of you and yours.
Author is unknown or contested.
Many variations and adaptations exist.
All I Want for Christmas is Yew
All I Want for New Year is Due
All I Want for Dessert is Few
All I Want for Desert is Dew
All I Want for the Present is Cue
All I Want for the Future is You
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Merry Christmas 🎅❤️
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I love the poem… I suppose this includes all the people who seem to upset you but turn out to be showing us where we can improve❤️ I’d like to take it and adapt for myself❤️🥰 Thankyou🎅 ho ho ho
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Happy Christmas and a good New Year to you too!
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The poem has a wonderful sentiment which resonates strongly with me! Every person we have met has made an impression even though we cannot consciously remember them. No matter where we walk we carry them with us. Have a very happy healthy Christmas holiday 🎄🙋♂️
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Best wishes! 🌟🌲
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This is so precious, SoundEagle! Thank you so much! You are a blessing to our lives as well and we appreciate you for all that you are! And I love the small poem as well, “All I want for Desert is Dew,” 😁😁😁 now that gave me a few chuckles! Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!
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Merry Christmas 💐💐💐
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Happy Christmas ☃️🌲
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A wonderful message of making connections. Happy holidays and new year to you 🙂
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for this amazing post.
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Merry Christmas to you SoundEagle!
Beautiful!
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Buon Natale e Felice Anno nuovo a te ❤
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Have a safe and enjoyable holiday. Keith
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Merry Christmas xxx
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Wishing you a peaceful and loving Christmas!
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Have a wonderful holiday season and a great new year!
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Great post!

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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you and yours, Sound Eagle! Thank you for this lovely post.
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Happy and loving Christmas dear SE ( and the poet ).
Your Poem shows the way to real love and relation of human life! I am delighted to read your message!
My best wishes!
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A very Merry and Blessed Christmas, Soundeagle. Thank you for your joyous messages throughout the year 🦌🦌🦌🛷🎄🎁🎅🧑🎄🎅
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Happy Holidays, Sound Eagle. Your post is so beautiful, touching and quite mesmerizing. I love the animations! Wishing you all the best in the coming year, too! Sending lots of hugs and warmth to you!
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Merry Christmas to you!!
On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 6:35 AM SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ wrote:
> SoundEagle [image: 🦅]ೋღஜஇ posted: ” On this special day of 25 / 12 / > 2021 SoundEagle shares a Special Poem and [image: ❄] Snowflakes❅ I have a > list of folks I know all written in a book, And every year at Christmas > time I go and take a look. And that is when I realize t” >
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I read your comment at Disperser and wanted to return your greetings here, so it has also become the occasion to check you very interesting website.
Merry Christmas SoundEagle.
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Merry Christmas SoundEagle!
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Merry Christmas, Soundeagle! Lovely post! ❤
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love the poem! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Thanks so much for visiting my blog and inviting me here to see your wonderful post. May peace, hope and love dwell with you richly.
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Wow! Amazing words through this poetry with music ever catching my ears. Love your images here as well! This is a great time to experience such wonderful writings and works in your website! 😇
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Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎅🎅
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Beautiful SE…. Many thanks for your wonderful generous gifts… And may your New Year be bright and full of gifts untold… Such as Harmony, Peace and Sovereignty of Spirit…
Have a wonderful rest of your holiday Season…
In Gratitude..
Sue 💛
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Great post. And I love the poem. Thanks for posting this celebration.
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I love the poem Great post Merry Christmas to you and everyone you love
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Laughter; A great gift for the holidays
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Happy Merry Christmas.y am from Indonesia.🤲❤️❤️🤲✌️
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Beautiful poem ! So excellent blog. Wishing you happy 2022. May God fulfil your all wishes! Thanks for sharing 🙂💕🎉🎅❤
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Interesting narrative
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Marvellous effort sir! I enjoyed the poems and such animations! My personal favourite is the last one with the eagle hovering over the tree, it’s very beautiful. I’m also enjoying the links, the snowflake one is quite something. So much hard work, and all paid off, Happy New Year sir. On wards and upwards.
– Esme sat with the rest of the snowflakes chatting upon the Cloud
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I really love all the glittering images here. They help to get me into the vibes of Christmas, which I find very fascinating. 😊
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Beautiful and marvellous post. Enjoyed all the poems and their beautiful animations. You have done a great job and so much effort must have gone into creating this lovely post. Happy New Year 2022 and let us all enjoy this year with Love, Happiness and Joy.
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Congratulations on another visually captivating post: your skill in constructing images and animations continues to develop. The “Merry Christmas” animated image, in particular, appears to contain examples of symbolism – some of it is a little challenging to decipher.
I particularly liked the colour and texture of the image featuring the frozen star (or is it a giant snowflake?) with a foreground of falling snowflakes and a hopping rabbit.
Overall, an interesting and original interpretation of some traditional Christmas themes.
Best wishes for the coming year.
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Happy New Year…May it be dear. 💕C
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Excellent amazing poem👍🎇👏👏👏💐
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The poem reminds of the idea that we all came from the same place and we all have the same ultimate destination. While physics tries to figure out things like quantum entanglement, it may be true that we are all entangled at a fundamental level and that no relationship begins or ends. All our relationships are really eternal, and don’t depend on time or space.
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Love your animation and poetry.
Happy 2022, may this year bring us joy, peace, and good health.
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This is beautiful, I’ll check out more of your stuff soon.
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This is a beautiful sentiment. ♥️
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Great poem!💗
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A Blessed New Year to you too! 😊🙏💛👊🎉
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This is WONDERFUL!!! THank YOu! I hope You had a most wonderful Christmas!!! 💕
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I am a little late reading it, but it was a beautiful poem. I definitely loved the message it was sending.
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Thank you dear SE for those Christmas Greetings and well wishes for the coming New Year..
Many thanks for your lovely comments over the year and may you also have a Magical Christmas in which I am sure you will enjoy creating many more magical things with your expert skills with art, music and verse..
Happy Christmas Sound Eagle… and Blessings for 2023… ❤
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Merry Christmas SoundEagle! 🎄⛄💛 This post is very creative and thoughtful towards the Christmas Season! All of your creations are well done and captivating. 👍 Wishing you a Happy New Year, and thank you for the wonderful post!
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friendship is forever in your writings. Greatly moved by your poems and frishship.
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