{"id":49968,"date":"2024-12-04T00:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T05:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49968"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:49:56","slug":"trimming-the-tree-by-djk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49968","title":{"rendered":"Trimming the Tree (by DJK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:\u00a0 No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 135 words<\/p>\n

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar<\/p>\n

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Bonanza<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\n~*~*~ Advent Calendar ~*~*~<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\n* Day <\/span><\/span><\/strong>4 *<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Trimming the Tree<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A cold and snowy evening<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Can warm and joyous be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When Hoss,\u00a0Joe,\u00a0and Adam<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Are trimming\u00a0up the tree<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Together\u00a0in the great room<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Beneath\u00a0Pa\u2019s watchful eye<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Laughing, teasing,\u00a0singing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As the hours go by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hanging\u00a0little treasures<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To grace each\u00a0fragrant\u00a0bough\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Telling stories\u00a0remembered<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About baubles\u00a0they hang now<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eating not just hanging<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hop Sing\u2019s iced\u00a0gingerbread<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Along\u00a0with ribbon\u00a0candy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And\u00a0striped\u00a0canes\u00a0of white and red<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Placing wooden animals<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carved by Hoss\u2019s hand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Making sure\u00a0that\u00a0candles<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tall and steady stand<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nestling in the silver bells<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Adding wreaths\u00a0of golden\u00a0grain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wrapping it\u00a0all in\u00a0popcorn<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Twenty feet of snowy chain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Then\u00a0aloft\u00a0on\u00a0Hoss\u2019s shoulders<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joe,\u00a0breath\u00a0held\u00a0reverently,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Crowns it with three\u00a0angles\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0In their mothers\u2019 memory<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Link to the next Day 4 contribution for the Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar – Christmas Has Come (by mcfair_58)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary:\u00a0 No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 135 words<\/p>\n

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":5835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full-width-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[9,40],"tags":[1062],"class_list":["post-49968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-challenges","tag-advent-calendar","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-40-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Christmas-Traditions.jpg?fit=639%2C480&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}