Mistletoe oh Mistletoe, don’t let me down tonight My head is full of wine, and my heart wants to get this right Make my true love love me so, I’m not misunderstood A kiss can be a freight train, if the kiss is really good Mistletoe you bloom, when Christmastime and love collide Let this […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason Countdown to Christmas”: Penelope Persimmon
Penelope Persimmon, had to summon all her strength To fetch the cardboard box out from the shed She set it by the Christmas tree, still unadorned and bare As memories began to fill her head Voices from the box called out, and whispered in her ear They said, “We are the story of your […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Benny the Bear (Teddy Bear that is) Brooklyn, New York, December 1931…
I’m a bear, I’m called Benny, and I’m slightly used Lemme tell youse a tale, ya won’t read in the news I tell it to people, on Christmas ya see It could happen to youse, ‘cause it happened to me A banker from Brooklyn whose first name was Sid Went and bought me at Macy’s, […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason Countdown to Christmas”: Trêve de Noël (The Christmas Miracle)
December the 8th, 2015. Let this be our first day of Christmas. In this tumultuous world, I think a day of calm, peace and brotherhood might be in order. There is a conventional wisdom that we, (the world), are once again embroiled in a World War with terrorists that would do harm to innocents. History […]