12 Days of Christmas|| Words + Poem + Christmas

Me. Oh my STARS it's only 3 days till Christmas.

Me. Oh no I still have (redacted) gifts to get.

• Me. Grabs car keys and proceeds to the mall. *cough cough* ,sadly I'm one of the 'last-minute-frantically-looking-for-gifts type of person.

Me.  Shout out to Amazon. SERIOUSLY you guys are awesome!!!!

H A P P I N E S S + M E R R Y

(My feelings towards the arivel of Christmas)

w o r d s 

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along

The unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till ringing, singing on its way,

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime,

A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth

The cannon thundered in the South,

And with the sound

The carols drowned

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent

The hearth-stones of a continent,

And made forlorn

The households born

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;

"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men."

By Henry Wordsworth Longfellow 

Happiest times are spent with a book in hand.
-Janelle