A
TREE
FOR US TO
GATHER ROUND, A
TREE TO KEEP US SAFE
AND SOUND, A TREE TO BRIGHTLY
LIGHT OUR WAY, A TREE TO SHELTER
US EACH DAY, SAVING US FROM WINTER’S
COLD, ITS STORY GLAD AND FOREVER TOLD,
GREEN BRANCHES COMFORTING THOUGH WILD
BEND LOW TO TOUCH THE NEWBORN CHILD, AS NEAR
AND FAR THEY COME TO SEE, THE TINY BABE OF PROPHECY,
AS THEY KNEEL FOR A BLESSED TIME IS NEAR, TO FREE US ALL
FROM HATE AND FEAR, THE LITTLE CHILD SLEEPS DEEP AND SWEET,
WHILE BEASTS AND BIRDS SURROUND HIS FEET, AND BANDS OF ANGELS
FLY ABOVE,
SINGING OF
ETERNAL LOVE.
Last-minute shop local (and surviving the holidays) guide
By Audrey Schwartzberg, Communications Associate, Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA)
The 2020 holiday season will most certainly look and feel different.
These are stressful times for many of us: financially, emotionally, mentally.
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