No matter what you pick, these merry verses will bring you and your loved ones closer together, which is what Christmas is all about! Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more poetry ...

So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear, Remember, I’m spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. This moving poem is included in the printable for you to cherish or share.

Harris’ poem, “The Night Before Christmas in ... That song and Robert Earl Keen’s ‘Merry Christmas From the Family,’ those are the songs everybody comes back to at Christmas.” ...