A Holiday Poem on the Persistence of Childhood Illusion

As a toddler, I fully embraced the dream of a magical white Christmas, though it was starkly different from the chronically green SC town where I lived. Christmas cards, songs, and shows transported me. I was enchanted by images of snow-swept hills; old firs weeping with ice-cycles; stately snowmen; and sleepy white-capped cottages draped with […]

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