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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AGAIN<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Every year right around this time <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I return to that place So I\u2019LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, And as we gather around <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n (c) barbara kausteklis 12-16-11<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n \n Written for CPC Friday Fling\/Christmas Songs.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n \n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/75310\/friday-fling-fetes-favorite-christmas-music\/ <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n \n One of the challenges was to incorporate<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n titles of favorite Christmas songs into a piece.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \n \n ~barb~ HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AGAIN Every year right around this time I return to that place so often hidden away, that place where magic happens in sometimes surprising ways; that place where I find harmony and sweet connections; where I find no strings or hidden agendas. I return to that place, as alive now as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,29],"tags":[63,165,159,4260,4],"class_list":["post-76133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-christmas","tag-cpc","tag-friday-fling","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI return to that place
\nso often hidden away,
\nthat place where magic happens
\nin sometimes surprising ways;
\nthat place where I find harmony
\nand sweet connections;
\nwhere I find no strings
\nor hidden agendas.
\nI return to that place,
\nas alive now as then.
\nIt\u2019s HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
\nfor me once again.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
\nof poignant tears
\nand laughter and smiles,
\nthat place of joy
\nwhere holiday magic lives,
\ngood will toward men,
\npeace and joy within hearts
\nas I head HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
\nspending time around the tree
\nwith those I cherish
\nnot just on Christmas
\nor the holidays,
\nbut on each
\nand every day.<\/p>\n
\nas I am each and every year,
\na child of the dawn
\nwith stars in her eyes
\non Christmas morn;
\nwho sings with the shepherds
\nand the angels gathered there
\njoins in with THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
\nas he plays upon his drum.<\/p>\n
\nthe tree again this year,
\nwe remember once more
\nwhat Christmas is all about,
\nand wish JOY TO THE WORLD
\nand pray for peace everywhere
\nas we hear once more
\nthe BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.<\/p>\n
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