Snowing outside:

White flakes are falling

The temperature is dropping

Winter is now here

Family dinner during the holidays:

A feast is spread out

Jokes and laughter fills the air

Food savors in mouth

Writing letters to Santa:

Paper and pencil

Listing the good deeds I’ve done

And the things I want

Christmas Eve:

It’s nearly bedtime

Cookies and milk are laid out

Santa is coming

Christmas morning:

Waking up early

Rushing down the stairs to find

A surfeit of gifts

Opening up presents:

Chooses one of them

Wrapping paper goes flying

It’s the perfect gift

Ice skating:

Scooting on the ice

Starts to feel like secondhand

But then you fall down

Snowball fights:

Snowballs are flying

Safe behind our barricades

How will this war end?

Hot chocolate:

The mug warms my hands

Marshmallows start to swirl in

A sea of cocoa

Sitting by the fireplace: 

The fire is ablaze

The room flourishes with warmth

Feeling quite cozy