Monday, November 16, 2009

A Very Vintage Christmas

Here's a little poem I wrote for Super Kawaii Mama's Vintage Christmas competition.

Part one of my entry -

The night before Christmas





T’was the night before Christmas and all through the land
Super Kawaii mama readers reviewed the vintage Christmas they’d planned




Seamed stockings were hung beside a real Christmas tree
Not an ornament plastic, only crystals, ribbons and canes of candy to see.



The cookies and puddings were baked and prepared



Hand made with home grown ingredients no effort was spared

The candles are lit; not a fairy light to be found
Time to cheer our hearts with a mellifluous sound
Now Bing Crosby’s silent night from the gramophone blared





Lovers young and old under the mistletoe meet
Holly and ivy on the door bound in a wreath



The family gathers round to sit by the hearth
To share stories of the cheer from Christmas’s past








The children to bed
Their heads filled with dreams of St Nick
While we candy the apples and
make sure the decorations look schmick.

15 comments:

Super Kawaii Mama said...

Ha Ha! Love it! And you've got me nailed - I'm always one for making sure the decorations looks "schmick!" :)

Victoria T. said...

I want to have a Christmas like this! Oh how excited I am about it!

heartofpearl ♡ said...

lovely christmas poem! im so terrible at poems and things im glad i didnt enter haha!! hope you've been well x

janettaylor said...

Lovely post, Bucca!

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Taylor Sterling said...

Love these! I can't believe it is almost XMAS!!

Uniqua said...

I love it !! :D

Yuka said...

how cuuute! im so excited for xmas now!

The Haute-Shopper said...

Love this! There should be more old-school Chrstimasses. We used to have a tree every year that was lit with real candles... I think we were the only ones crazy enough to do it. Needless to say, it's impossible to find candel-holders these days... sigh.

janettaylor said...

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Porcelain Blonde said...

So sweet! And so very SKM ;)

I love that you wrote about Bing Crosby...I am such a dag, every year as soon as Dec hits, I dig out my Frank Sinatra sings Christmas cd.
I'm gonna have to get some new ones this year cos last year my guy was like, "this is getting a bit repetitive", Ha! *shame!*

Thanks for letting me know 'bout goggle <3
It seems ok now, but I've had gremlin dramas so thanks!

Have a great weekend honey:)

<3 xxx

JOWY said...

I ADORE THESE RETRO PICTURES!

One Love,
Jowy
www.iseejanemary.blogspot.com

Tabea said...

Lovely pictures, can't wait until christmas!;)

Kesenya said...

Beautiful post - and oh so clever !! Cheers !! XX

fashiiondiaries said...

ahh, sweetes pictures ! thanks for sharing, actually made me start thinking about christmas a little:)