Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

nothing beats reading the “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem with a crackling fireplace, twinkling tree and jolly carols ...

Poland really loves its Christmas carols. And there are thousands of them ... better than any kind of occasional poetry, that which determines the unity of a people – the very essence of feeling. In ...

A rare manuscript version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, discovered by Dr. Leah Veronese, reveals how the poem was politically ...

They are the ghosts of Christmas past and present ... It was only poetry, however, until English organist/song-writer Henry Gauntlett provided the tune that invariably launches a carol service, in ...

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...

Twas the night before Christmas ... for so long (launching countless festive songs about reindeer and Santa costumes) but he also wants the new poem to speak to our moment. Along the way, the ...

Back in September, Radio 3 challenged listeners to come up with a cracking new tune for the words of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, Christmas Carol. The competition was judged blind by an expert ...

Meghan, who is pregnant with her first child, gave a reading from the poem “Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson at the Christmas carol service, which Harry attended solo last year after ...

but it’s undeniable that this poem’s legacy lives on as adaptations into Christmas books, songs and even movies. Make sure to read the entirety of the poem with your little ones to get them ...