Inside Verse:Fair be the page that the New Year uncloses- And may'st thou find never a thorn midst thy roses.
Back Poem: What Does Christmas Mean?
What does Christmas mean to you? If you revel, if you pray, Do you find within the day Olden grace forever new? Or formal habit sembled fair, With dread of duty-filling gift? Punctilious one, a censer lift, Observe the rite, and miss the prayer? Or do you know how finely warms The purpose of a tender deed Where giving is he yearning need Of brimming heart to burdened arms? Heart unto heart a tribute pays, A gift all estimate above; Life is not living without love, And love takes never note of days. They only feel the Christmas cheer And read the rune of evergreens, They only know what Christmas means Who keep their Christmas all the year.
(-by Ruby Archer, Rose and Gray, pub. 1900)

All Holiday Cards are 5 x 7", museum quality and feature 19th c. holiday imagery obtained from old scrapbooks and museum collections. Each card possesses a heartwarming poem upon the backside, and includes ornately die-cut envelopes. 10 cards/ 10 envelopes.

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