ADIEU TO DECEMBER 2019

Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh

December swept in to close the parting year
With a frigid Arctic blast, snow was in the rear

Powder puff flurries temporarily dusted the scene
Then spring-like weather made us giddy and beam

Yet brilliant stars illuminated the holiday streets
The Christmas tree at Rock made it all complete

And the Winter Solstice chimed in to celebrate
With joyful hymns and candles for nature's sake

Do not forget it is the end of remarkable decade
Recall sweet memories, dear ones, before they fade

Christmas concerts set the joyous holiday mood
O Holy Night, Silent Night so familiar did soothe

Folks wondered how the year had gone by in a silent poof
Left us dazed and betrayed by precious time is the proof

Starry night, night of wonder we sent songs of love away
To tame a hardened heart far and wide on Christmas Day

Oh why must you depart and close out this end of year
We had so much more to do, to savor you my dearest dear

There was no holding back the time and the clock was ticking
Away the final hours came, and Auld Lang Syne was tweeting

December bowed out with amazing grace and let in a New Year!
Where "Dreams Do Come True," for a grateful heart sincere..

CHRISTMAS TREE ORAMENTS FUZZY TALE By Polly Guerin

Once upon the time, in the long, long ago, Matilda Fizzibottom decided to donate her adorable and long treasured storybook Christmas tree ornaments to the Children's Library. Well, that day when the ornaments learned that they would be leaving for unknown places in the wide, wide world, it was quite news to them. 
    "Do not be upset," declared the Mouse Grenadier in his Christmas red uniform with gold braid and medals. His companion the Drum Majorette tapped away on his drum and the other ornaments cheered in unison.
      Just then an elf of a pink mouse sitting in a green Christmas stocking asked, "Who will read us a story from the Victorian Snow Children's book? 
      "I will," said Humpty Dumpty who sat on his own private bench wearing blue jeans and a silly grin.  His little stovepipe hat had fallen to the side of his head and he looked like he was ready to tell the story of the little boy who went out from his house in his snowsuit to play in the snow. "It was the first time he had ever played in the snow, so he watched the other children throwing snow balls."        

Storyteller Humpty Dumpty had every Christmas tree ornament's attention. Continuing with
glee Humty Dumpty had a special ending to the story. "The little boy was so excited about the snowballs that he decided to save one for himself, so he tucked it into a pocket in his snowsuit to show his Mother and enjoy later. Well, when his Mother took off his snowsuit the little boy dug into his pocket to show her the snowball, but it had melted and was just a mass of slush in his
pocket. "That just goes to show you, " said Humpty Dumpty, "That each day is a fleeting moment in time and like the snowball one's life can also melt away."
     After delivering his wise comments Humpty Dumpty smiled at the giraffe circus performer
perched on a small platform. The giraffe was dressed in a red and white gingham coat with a gold
harness and tail and was proud of being the tallest Christmas ornament in the collection.  His
favorite companion was a blue-eye circus cat who balanced himself on a green, gold trimmed balancing ball.
      The Christmas ornaments welcomed the presence of some snow white  paper angels with gold
crowns in their red hair and a Christmas caroler with a jaunty red pompom on his hat was softly singing Christmas carols, to which the Christmas ornaments joined in by humming. Then, too, there were three adorable little French poodle dog ornaments, all related by their curly white coats with ribbons and bow tie decoration.     

When the Librarian received the package many days ahead of Christmas she did not open it
immediately and the Christmas ornaments thought perhaps they would be forgotten. But, that did not happen, instead the Librarian took pleasure in placing each and every one of the Christmas ornaments on a special branch in the green Christmas tree, decked with a light snow dusting, in the children's wing of the library. The Christmas ornaments were full of joy, year after year,  whenever children came to visit them in the library.
     "That's all there is to this simply Christmas Ornament story," said Humpty Dumpty, "We are
happy to now reside in the Library where we bring the Christmas Ornament story to each boy and girl who visits the special Christmas tree where we now reside."
      "Wishing you Happy Holidays," he said, "and may your dreams come true with love from the Christmas ornaments."