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I wish you a merry Christmas.
I wish you happy snowy mornings with wrapped gifts under trees.
and family together and peace if they be.
i wish you puppies and jewelry and candy-canes too
for now you can eat them, and candied apples too!
i wish you hot cider and chocolate and good things to drink,
and mittens and scarves when you skate ’bout the rink.
i wish you snowmen and angels and tinsel
and much much goodies from Ole Chris Kringle
i wish you so much fun that it lasts and it lasts.
but most of all i wish you love and a gentle embrace
from someone from whom you don’t hide from
when he touches your face.
i wish you a warm fire when all visits are through
and a cup of hot chocolate for me and for you.