Christmas is the time to celebrate peace and joy. It's the time of giving and family togetherness. And, many great writers have written about the Christmas holiday season in poetic works of literature. Read about the birth of Jesus, Santa Claus, and other themes in these poems of Christmas. Discover holiday poetry!
"A Christmas Carol," by G.K. Chesterton, was first published in "The Wild Knight" in 1900. Read the poem.
Ring Out, Wild Bells is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Take a look at this holiday poem.
"A Christmas Carol," by G.K. Chesterton, was first published in "The Wild Knight" in 1900. Read the poem.
"A Christmas Carol," is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Read the poem.
"A Christmas Greeting" is a poem by Walt Whitman. Take a look at the work!
Read "A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior," by Ben Jonson.
Read "An Ode of the Birth of our Savior," by Robert Herrick.
Edgar Albert Guest writes about the spirit of Christmas in "At Christmas." Read this famous work of poetry for the holiday.
Behold, as Goblins Dark of Mien is a poem for the holidays by Robert Louis Stevenson. Take a look at the poem here.
Read "Burning Babe," by Robert Southwell.
"Ceremonies for Christmas" is a poem by Robert Herrick. Take a look at this famous work of poetry.
Read "Christ's Nativity," by Henry Vaughan.
Read "Christmas," by George Herbert.
Read "Christmas at Sea," a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes about Christmas with "Christmas Bells."
Christmas Carol is a poem by Sara Teasdale. Take a look at this famous work of poetry.
Christmas Eve is a poem by Christina Rossetti. Take a look at this famous holiday work.
Phillips Brooks wrote about Christmas and The Nativity in "Christmas Everywhere." Read this famous work of poetry.
Read "Christmas In India," by Rudyard Kipling.
Celebrate Christmas as in times of old, with "Christmas in the Olden Time," by Sir Walter Scott. Take a look at this work of poetry.
Read "Christmas-Eve, Another Ceremony," by Robert Herrick.
Christmass is a poem about the holidays. The work is by John Clare.
Dollie Radford writes about Christmas with her poem, "December." Here's her work of poetry for the holiday.
Read "King Witlaf's Drinking-Horn," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Read "Nativity," by John Donne.
Read "New Prince, New Pomp," by Robert Southwell.
"Old Santeclaus," by Clement C. Moore, appeared in "New-Year’s Present to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve," in 1821.
Read "On the Infancy of Our Savior," by Francis Quarles.
Read "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," by John Milton.
Read "St. Nicholas," by Horatio Alger (1832-1899).
Caroline Hayward writes about Christmas with her poem, "The Christmas Homes of England." Here's her famous work of poetry.
The Holy Night is a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Take a look at her work of poetry.
Thomas Hardy writes about Christmas with his poem, "The Oxen." Read this famous work of poetry.
"The Shepherds Had An Angel" is a poem Christina G. Rossetti. Take a look at this famous work.
The Three Kings is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Take a look at this work.
Vachel Lindsay writes about Christmas with "This Section is a Christmas Tree." Here's his famous poem.
Read "The True Christmas," by Henry Vaughan.
Read the famous Christmas classic, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," by Clement Clarke Moore.
