Old English Christmas
"Old English Christmas" is a spirited poem that conjures the roaring festivities of a traditional English Christmas, where a jovial figure — Christmas himself, crowned and enthroned like a king — presides over merrymaking that spans generations. Maidens and yeomen bear him in triumph beneath the kissing bough, a Wassail Bowl is raised, the Yule Log blazes, and the snow drives hard outside. The poem revels in the contrast between ancient and modern celebration, insisting that the hearty, communal spirit of the season has never truly changed.
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