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Day Three - The Christmas Truce: about the famous day of peace in WW1 where soldiers played football on Christmas day. This poem balanced the opposites of peace during war well, making me feel both happy and sad. The illustrations in this one are absolutely beautiful.
— Dec 16, 2021 08:44AM
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Day Nine - Pablo Picasso's Noel: I just didn't get this one. It's about Picasso spending Christmas eve in a small French town, but did not feel at all Christmassy. The illustrations were gorgeous though!
— Dec 22, 2021 02:45AM
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Day Seven - The Wren-Boys: about the Christmas season in a small town with the wren connecting the stories. I loved this! Felt like people watching.
Day Eight - The King of Christmas: a bored Baron hires a King of 'Misrule' for the 12 days before Christmas. Chaos and ridiculousness follows, but they all have a fun time. There are some incredible illustrations in this, and it is a funny poem!
— Dec 21, 2021 02:26AM
Day Eight - The King of Christmas: a bored Baron hires a King of 'Misrule' for the 12 days before Christmas. Chaos and ridiculousness follows, but they all have a fun time. There are some incredible illustrations in this, and it is a funny poem!
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Day Six - Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday: a nice poem but the star of the show of this one is the illustrations!!! I want them framed.
— Dec 19, 2021 02:58PM
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Day Five - Bethlehem: the illustrations of this one are absolutely stunning. I enjoyed the focus on the culture of the city rather than the retelling of the story! I feel it's quite often white washed, so this was a refreshing change.
— Dec 18, 2021 07:29AM
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Day 4 - Wenceslas: not a huge fan of this one, but that may be largely due to the fact I don't eat meat and 80% of it describes a monstrosity of a pie.
— Dec 17, 2021 03:08PM
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Day Two - Another Night Before Christmas: I didn't love this one. It was a modern retelling, but lacked the magic and childlike wonder of Christmas Eve.
— Dec 15, 2021 07:19AM
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This book is a collection of all of Carol Ann Duffy' long Christmas poems. I'm reading them like an advent calendar - one each day in the run up to Christmas!
Day One - Mrs Scrooge: a sweet read about the effect one person can have on the world. All the global warming content was a bit sad for a Christmas poem, but it did make me feel all warm and cosy.
— Dec 14, 2021 02:35AM
Day One - Mrs Scrooge: a sweet read about the effect one person can have on the world. All the global warming content was a bit sad for a Christmas poem, but it did make me feel all warm and cosy.
