Originally Posted by
JAK
Not sure if I could do Christmas without snow, or at least cold. Growing up I always pictured the manger all covered in snow, and everyone squeezing in with Mary and Joseph and Jesus to stay warm with all the farm animals and hay bales like the ones we have here outside of churches. Couldn't understand the big opening in front. Not a good design for a barn. Anyhow, have a great Christmas, even if Bethlehem no longer has tons of snow because of Global Warming and all. lo
In an Old Barn
Tons upon tons the brown-green fragrant hay
O'erbrims the mows beyond the time-warped eaves,
Up to the rafters where the spider weaves,
Though few flies wander his secluded way.
Through a high chink one lonely golden ray,
Wherein the dust is dancing, slants unstirred.
In the dry hush some rustlings light are heard,
Of winter-hidden mice at furtive play.
Far down, the cattle in their shadowed stalls,
Nose-deep in clover fodder's meadowy scent,
Forget the snows that whelm their pasture streams,
The frost that bites the world beyond their walls.
Warm housed, they dream of summer, well content
In day-long contemplation of their dreams.
Charles G. D. Roberts (1860-1943)