Christmas Poems & Readings

Celebrate the wonder of the Christmas season.

This poem is less well-known but paints a lovely picture of the Eve before the Big Day

Christmas Eve

CHRISTMAS hath darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.

Earth, strike up your music,
Birds that sing and bells that ring;
Heaven hath answering music
For all Angels soon to sing:
Earth, put on your whitest
Bridal robe of spotless snow:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.

~ Christina Rossetti

Follow the links to read our festive collection of Christmas poems.

• A Christmas Carol - A Christmas Poem By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• A Christmas Carol - For My Godchildren - A Christmas Poem By Christina Rossetti
• A Visit from St. Nicholas - A Christmas Reading by Clement Clarke Moore
• At Christmas - A Christmas Poem by Edgar Albert Guest
• Bethlehem - A Christmas Poem by Ester M.(Clark)Hill
• Ceremonies for Christmas - A Christmas Poem By Robert Herrick
• Christians Awake - A Christmas Poem by John Byrom
• My Christmas Wish To You - A Christmas Poem by Ruth Kephart
• Christmas, An Advent Poem - A Christmas Poem By John Betjeman
• Christmas Bells - A Christmas Poem By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Christmas Cheer - A Christmas Poem By Thomas Tusser
• Christmas Eve - A Christmas Poem By Christina Rossetti
• Christmastide - A Christmas Poem By Emily Pauline Johnson
• Happy Birthday Jesus - A Christmas Poem By Jim Lake
• Keeping Christmas - A Christmas Reading By Henry Van Dyke
• The Three Kings - A Christmas Poem By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus - A Christmas Poem By Emily Ogden Nash
• Marmion - A Christmas Poem By Sir Walter Scott
• Minstrels - A Christmas Poem By William Wordsworth
• Nativity - A Christmas Poem By John Donne
• On the Morning of Christs Nativity - A Christmas Poem By John Milton
• Ring Out, Wild Bells - A Christmas Poem By Alfred Lord Tennyson
• The Foolish Fir-Tree - A Christmas Poem By Henry Van Dyke
• The Friendly Beasts - A Christmas Poem By Robert Davis
• The Oxen - A Christmas Poem By Thomas Hardy
• The Reckoning - A Christmas Poem
• The Shepherd and The King - A Christmas Poem By Eleanor Farjeon
• The Twelve Days of Christmas - A Christmas Poem By Author Unknown
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - A Christmas Poem By Clement Clarke Moore
• In The Bleak Midwinter Poem - A Christmas Poem By Christina Rossetti
• Santa's Christmas Eve Prayer - A Christmas Prayer By Warren D. Jennings
• Christmas Readings - A Selection of Christmas Readings
• Some Children See Him - A Christmas Poem By Alfred Burt
• A Christmas Carol - A Christmas Poem By Anonymous
• Christmas Carol - A Christmas Poem By Sara Teasdale
• Auld Lang Syne - A New Year Poem By Robert Burns
• The Passing of the Year - A New Year Poem By Robert W. Service
• New Year Blessing - A New Year Poem

Enjoy celebrating everything from the nativity story to Christmas stockings. The Christmas play or performance is one of the great holiday traditions.

Follow these links for our festive collection.

• Family Christmas Readings
• Christmas poems or short stories
• Christmas readings for children
• Humorous Christmas Poems
• Short Christmas Poems
• Christmas Poems for Kids
• Christmas Poems for Grandparents
• Funny Christmas Poems
• Children Christmas Poems
• Christmas Poems
• Children's Christmas Poems
• Christian Christmas Poems
• Cute Christmas Poems
  

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