Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem ...

All. Amen. (Sprinkles tree with holy water.) Then the family can sing a song, an Advent carol, if it knows one, then it is time to bless the crib and eat Christmas Eve supper.

You can read the full poem, but you may prefer these cheerier children’s Christmas books as an alternative. Love for plea and gift and sign. So much more than just a muse for the Pre-Raphaelites ...

Among Rossetti’s best known poems ... a child. Her poetry often draws on her early childhood living in Cuba, but this poem is set in the year she moved to America – a significant Christmas ...