Precious memories from Christmases past,
Forever, in my mind, will last and last.
We’d hang paper chains and balloons from the ceiling,
To give our home a really lovely, Christmassy feeling.
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You definitely have the Christmas atmosphere in your poem. It is sad though that we can't enjoy Christmas as much as we did when we were younger, especially when we have lost someone close. You have captured that well too. I like the way all your poems flow!