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Dec 19, 2016 · Rossetti’s “Christmas Eve” is a poem of anticipation: at the very end of Advent, the speaker looks forward to the hour that Christmas begins. The poem opens with three comparisons involving imagery. The first two are paradoxes in which “darkness” becomes light and “chillness” becomes warmth.
Christmas hath a chillness. Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas hath a beauty. Lovelier than the world can show: For Christmas bringeth Jesus, Brought for us so low. Earth, strike up your music, Birds that sing and bells that ring; Heaven hath answering music.
He unchained the dog, once so lively and quick, Last year's Christmas present, now thin and sick. More rapid than eagles he called the dog's name. And the dog ran to him, despite all his pain, "Now, DASHER! Now, DANCER! Now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! On CUPID! On, DONNER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
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- Away in A Manger
- Christmas Bees Are Singing
The legend—most common in parts of Europe—has been applied to farm animals and household pets alike. It operates on the belief that Jesus’s birth occurred at exactly midnight on Christmas Day, leading to various supernatural occurrences. Many speculate that the mythhas pagan roots or may have morphed from the belief that the ox and donkey in the Na...
A more modern version of the tale first aired on ABC in 1970, and while it’s animated and for children, it’s still surprisingly grim. In the made-for-TV cartoon titled The Night The Animals Talked, animals gain the power of speech and sing a song exalting their newfound ability—to insult each other: “You can bicker with anyone you hate / It’s great...
The variations of Christmas legends about special or supernatural animal behavior are diverse and far-reaching. Not all necessarily involve animals speaking. In John Howison’s 1821 Sketches of Upper Canada, the author recounts a Native American who told him that “[It’s] Christmas night and all deer fall upon their knees to the Great Spirit.” Willia...
Dec 24, 2017 · I've seen lots of versions of the favorite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Poem. I found this little gem written by Dr. Marc Silpa in SAVMA's The Vet Gazette and thought this would be a great time to share it!
- Lori Hehn
Dec 12, 2008 · It is sung from the perspective of the donkey who lovingly carried Mary on her long journey to Bethlehem, the cow who donated the manger in which Christ lay, the sheep who gave up his wool for the swaddling clothes, and the dove who gently sang the Christ child to sleep on the night of his birth.
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I hated him on sight and sound, and would be about to put my dog whistle to my lips and blow him off the face of Christmas when suddenly he, with a violet wink, put his whistle to his lips and...
