{"id":10244,"date":"2023-12-15T03:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=10244"},"modified":"2023-12-15T03:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:04:13","slug":"christmas-greetings-by-lewis-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/christmas-greetings-by-lewis-carroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Greetings by Lewis Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/h2>\n

Christmas Greetings
\n[FROM A FAIRY TO A CHILD.]<\/h2>\n

by Lewis Carroll<\/p>\n

\n

Lady dear, if Fairies may
\nFor a moment lay aside
\nCunning tricks and elfish play,
\n‘Tis at happy Christmas-tide.<\/p>\n

We have heard the children say\u2014
\nGentle children, whom we love\u2014
\nLong ago, on Christmas Day,
\nCame a message from above.<\/p>\n

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
\nThey remember it again\u2014
\nEcho still the joyful sound
\n“Peace on earth, good-will to men!”<\/p>\n

Yet the hearts must childlike be
\nWhere such heavenly guests abide:
\nUnto children, in their glee,
\nAll the year is Christmas-tide!<\/p>\n

Thus, forgetting tricks and play
\nFor a moment, Lady dear,
\nWe would wish you, if we may,
\nMerry Christmas, glad New Year!<\/p>\n

Christmas, 1867.<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born in 1832 in Cheshire, England. Best known for his whimsical children\u2019s stories Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Carroll was an English writer, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon. As a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church college, Oxford for over 25 years, Carroll had a natural talent for puzzles, logic, and fantasy that was woven throughout his literary works. His creative children\u2019s stories featuring Alice exploring nonsensical dreamworlds became beloved classics of imaginative literature. As an early photography enthusiast, Carroll frequently photographed children in his life, including the daughters of friends that inspired his character Alice. While Dodgson lived a rather reclusive life devoted to academia and creative pursuits, his alter ego Lewis Carroll became one of the most popular children\u2019s storytellers of the 19th century, with imaginative tales of fantasy exploration that continue to captivate readers young and old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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