It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...by christineellen
The Sparkle of Christmas
by Rose Standish Kellogg
The very name of Christmas
has sparkle in it's sound.
It has the shine of tinsel,
of crisp and frosty ground.
It prickles with a fragrance
of spicy northern pine,
whose fresh and pungent perfume
is part of Christmas time
It rustles with gay secrets,
with gifts and mistletoe.
It tinkles with the silver
of bells across the snow.
It smells of goose and turkey,
of walnuts, cakes, plum jam,
of mincemeat from the storeroom,
of ruby jell and and ham.
It spells a brighter brilliance
of stars in heaven's blue,
as if angels, keeping Yuletide,
are lighting their trees too.
It has the shine of tinsel,
Of crisp and frosty ground,
The very name of Christmas
has sparkle in it's sound.
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My giveaway today will definitely make your eyes sparkle!!!
A gorgeous FESTIVE RED leather camera bag courtesy of Pompidoo.
I look forward to seeing your submissions for the prompt: SPARKLE.
Please link your blog or flickr url in the link provided below and/or leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the giveaway. (max 2 entries per person).
Your creative holiday prompt for tomorrow is: TOGETHER.
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22 comments:
Oh ~ what a delightful bag! Wishes for a wonderful holiday season :)
Lovely poem and gorgeous image.
Love the photo -- beautiful! :)
Thanks for using my photo! What a great givaway, I love the bag!
Holy Guacamole Batman! Have "I" got the pair of shoes to rock that camera bag! :) Lovin' that photo and poem...I never even thought about how even the name "Christmas" sounds sparkly...but so true! Thanks for the awesome giveaway :)
Kathy
Great photo and yep, Christmas is full of wonderful sparkle of all kinds!!! Lovin the photo bag - just the right color for the season :)
What a gorgeous photo!!! Loving this whole idea and I am excited about looking at all the photos and blogs that are linked up everyday!
Love the shine in that photo! Makes me lust for a macro lens for sure :) (and goodness do I drool over that bag! please, please, please...!)
beautiful photo! it will be fun to play along! thanks for doing this!
This photo is stunning. What fun to play along. Thank you for this idea.
So glad you're hosting the muses musing this year as well - I enjoyed last year so much :-)
And that image must surely be one of the most perfect Holiday images I have ever seen.
great giveaway. truly inspiring :) and red is my favourite colour! yay :) happy holidays to you all too.
This will be fun. I love the ornament in all it's sparkly gold and silver.
that bag SO rocks :)
Beautiful image and great giveaway!
Is that a poem or a song? It's lovely. Got me in the Christmas spirit straight away (well, I had been warmed up by the lovely photographs ofcourse). Tomorrow we are going to decorate the tree. I almost want to get the little ones out of bed to start right now :-)
Lovely sparkle. And thank you for having this lovely linky that helps keep me motivated. =)
Great poem! Love the ornament photo, too. This is a fun prompt!
I love the ornament! Just beautiful focus!! Beautiful bag for your give away. Thanks you for a chance to win!
I have decided that my favorite color of the holiday season is SPARKLE!
adorable bag. I hope I can still enter. This would be amazing for my sister in law. :)
lauren51990 at aol dot com
the photo is so gorgeous! love the poem, too!
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