Poems

Hello Christmas – Merry Christmas

Christmas Time is here again

Christmas Time is here again

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Christmas would take so long to come

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Children would sleep and wake asking where is Christmas

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Grandmother would make our dress waiting for Christmas to come

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Now a days Christmas is here

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

So we cook the old rice and peas and make the sorrel drink

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Come on family let us have a blessed Christmas

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

Let us enjoy ourselves with peace and love

Hello Christmas

Merry Christmas

– Viviene Stewart

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Jamaica Crismus

Crismus a come,

People a run up an dung.

Look eena di street,

Yu can feel di heart beat.

Dis ya excitement,

Nuh look like it wi eva end.

Dem a come een from di country,

Fi come meet wid fren an family.

Dem a feel di Crismus breeze,

Dis one nah go mek dem freeze,

Dem nuh business wid no problem,

Lata dung dem wi solve dem.

Now a time fi bruk some sport,

Eat up plenty curry goat,

Drink some juice an feel ire,

Till dem toad an weary.

But amidst everything,

Mek wi memba di true meaning,

Is about baby Jesus,

Who cum dung ya fi save us.

So enjoy di ring - ding,

But nuh figet fi praise di king,

For a Him gi wi di rezen,

Fi celebrate dis ya sezen.

– Paulet Spence-Milton