This Christmas poem is much longer than the two-stanza excerpt above, but you can read the full work to find out how it ends. To the Christmas holly we’ll sing. With its beautiful green leaves ...

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 ...

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