By Maryanna Gabriel
Christmas Life
by Wendy Cope
Bring in a tree, a young Norwegian Spruce
Bring hyacinths that rooted in cold
Bring winter jasmine as it's buds unfold
Bring Christmas life into this house
Bring red and green and gold
Bring things that shine
Bring candlesticks, music, food, and wine,
Bring in your memories of Christmas past
Bring in your memories of all you've lost
Bring in the shepherd boy
The ox, the ass
Bring in the stillness of an icy night
Bring in the birth of hope, and love, and light,
Bring Christmas life into this house