Missing You At Christmas Poems

Since you're gone, Christmas time will never be the same.
When asked what I wish for, I can only speak your name.
The only gift I ever want at Christmas time for me
Is my precious, loving son beside my Christmas tree,
And as the world rejoices with songs of Christmas cheer,
I'll gently hold your memories close and wipe my Christmas tear.
So lucky are the angels to have you up above,
Right beside their Christmas tree; my son's their gift to love!

There are now three empty chairs at the Christmas table.
It's a time I find difficult, even unable

To find joy on this family day.
We are so lost since you went away.

Our lives have less joy and our days are sad.
I cry when I remember all that we had.

Christmas day was that special day of the year
Where we gathered around with festive cheer.

A time of love, smiles and joy,
A time to watch the children open their gifts, play with their toys.

The turkey cooking and puddings to be made,
All the excitement and noise and a beautiful table we laid.

But once again we feel a loss of someone special we love,
And once again we cry and turn our look to above.

Heaven holds all three of you now,
And our loss and pain is too much, oh wow.

My mum, dad, and brother, now all gone.
It hurts, this loss; it feels so wrong.

There are now only our memories that we can hold dear.
And as we say Merry Christmas, we also shed a tear.

As we look upon the three empty chairs,
I will raise my glass as we toast and share.

We miss you all so very much; now you're in heaven above.
To all of you, my family, with all our hearts, we send our love.

Today, December 23rd, another Christmas nears.
I try to keep tradition up while holding back my tears.

I know I have been blessed for all the many years
of love and joy and family and times we had to share.

The presents wrapped, the tree is lit, the wreath upon the door,
but pondering all the Christmases past and tears begin to fall.

This Christmas will be different,
for some very special loved ones have received God's final call.

Then I dry my tears and say a special prayer.
Dear God, my gift to you is that soul I loved so dear.

I thank you for their life and love
I was so blessed to share.

Now all that I can ask of you is to keep them in your care!
I also want to offer you my each and every tear.

Now I promise to make Christmas joy for those I still have here
and put a smile upon their face while we have time to share.

Amen

Driftin' on a dream...

Sitting here, I gaze out the window,
Fading away...
Watching the falling snow.
Alone in the darkness,
I remember when you were mine.
Baby, I miss you most at Christmastime.

Ahh-

Casual dreamer, listening to the radio,
This cold winter's night...
The lights on the tree all aglow.
I sit in the shadows,
Slowly goin' out of my mind.
Baby, I miss you most at Christmastime.

I miss you most...I miss you most...
When the summer fades away,
All those winter shades of grey
Got me goin' crazy.
I need you now... I need you now...
More than my heart could ever break
More than my eyes could ever take
another sad goodbye.

It slowly breaks my heart,
When I dream about you late at night.
And I'm fading like a falling star
That no one made a wish upon tonight.
Baby, I miss you most at Christmastime.

Driftin' on a dream.
Driftin' on a dream.

I sit in the shadows and I think of you,
Remembering all of the cool things we used to do.
Going to the park,
Cruising the Monte Carlo,
Talking for hours with the lights down low,
Taking long walks in the purple rain,
But those memories are fading away.
Driftin' on a dream
Goin' out of my mind
I miss you most at Christmastime.

Through the seasons,
The memories start to fade,
Fade away.
And through the sweet hellos and sad goodbyes,
I gotta let go of yesterday.
(Let the sadness dissipate)
Baby, I miss you most at Christmastime.

I miss you most...I miss you most...
When the summer fades away
All those winter shades of grey
Got me goin' crazy.
I need you now...I need you now...
More than my heart could ever break
More than my eyes could ever take
Another sad goodbye.

It slowly breaks my heart
When I dream about you late at night.
And I'm fading like a falling star
That no one made a wish upon tonight.
Baby, I miss you most at Christmastime.

Driftin' on a dream...
Driftin' on a dream...

Upon us now is that time of year again
When we think a lot about our family and friends.

The days are short and the nights are cold,
But our hearts are warm, which brightens our soul.

We endure the crowds to shop at the store.
It's worth it to us to find the perfect gift to give someone we want to buy for.

We put up lights and decorations all over the place.
Sometimes we put up so much we run out of space.

The kids are excited to go for a night ride,
To see all of the light displays people have created outside.

There are parties and dinners and food galore.
Everyone eats, drinks, and stuffs themselves 'til they can't eat anymore.

To some people, however, it's just another day,
Back in their box or alley or wherever they stay.

They see people shopping and eating and the lights all over town,
But that's not part of their world, as somewhere along the way the world has let them down.

They curl up to keep warm as the cold wind bites through their clothes.
Long forgotten are the days of presents with bows.

And others lie in a bed attended by a nurse.
Getting well and going home is what they are thinking of first.

All of the family get-togethers and eggnog will pass them by this year.
The doctors and nurses will be their holiday cheer.

Those who protect us abroad and will not be home,
They have to stay out there since the world's political views aren't monochrome.

So when we celebrate, we'll hold up a glass and toast them each year,
And hope the next holiday they will be near.

Hug your kids and keep them safe,
As some have never experienced that being a waif.

Enjoy your holiday and celebrate this season,
And when you toast, remember the others and maybe toast...for a greater reason.

Once upon a Christmas time, not very long ago,
was a loving family that lost all Christmas glow.
Tears of sadness filled the air; no more merriment or cheer.
Loss and grief of loved ones gone, so hard to bear and carry on,
but what this family couldn't know of miracles God would bestow.
God had a plan in Heaven above to send a baby girl to love.
then within the very next year, a baby boy; more joy to share!
Now there is a loving family that has found new Christmas joy.
Right beneath their Christmas tree, a baby girl and boy!
Two Christmas blessings from above,
from heaven with love!

Dear Santa,

Christmas is coming, and I know I should be glad,
But to tell the real truth, I am really, really sad.
You see, I have lost something so precious to me,
And there is no way you could put it back under my tree.

I was given a job quite some time ago.
I thought I could do it, but it wasn't so.
I honestly did what I thought was the best,
But this mess, who wouldn't guessed?

I was given a family with daughters to raise.
Oh, how I wish I could relive those days.
I would do it differently, be a better mother.
Maybe then we wouldn't hate each other.

My house is no longer a happy one.
There is no more laughter, no more fun.
No one talks, no one seems to care.
We are all just roommates with a place to share.

I don't really know where things went all wrong.
I truly thought love would keep the family strong.
I realize now that it wasn't enough.
Neither was buying them all kinds of stuff.

Somewhere along the line I believe I've failed.
Instead of love and caring, it's hate that's prevailed.
They have all given up; they don't care anymore,
And it breaks my heart to its very core.

I am tired of crying and feeling so bad.
I want things to be happy and no longer be sad.
I want my family back; is that too much to ask?
I don't really think it's an impossible task.

Just talk to the girls and make them believe
That together there is nothing we can't achieve.
We can be a family again; I know and I pray.
They are just lost; please show them the way.

Dear Santa, I hope that you hear my plea
And bring my family back to me.
I would be ever so grateful and I promise I'd be
A better mother than I'd been previously.

Christmas looms near.
People pass by,
singing and smiling,
and giving good cheer.
I look at their faces
and strain to find
a clue or a hint of some pain close to mine.
I see bright, shiny eyes that seemingly smile,
and a nod of greetings while they're all passing by.
I continue to watch, amazed at their will
to go on with lives while mine's lying still.
Shops all amassed with holiday mirth,
celebrating our one true Christ Savior's birth,
but there are those of us looking,
no matter how mild,
for another soul getting through Christmas
without their sweet child.

​It's such a warming feeling
Being surrounded by Christmas
Expectation fills the air.
The sparkle, the glitter
Presents under the gree
With loved ones our dreams we share.

The sound of Christmas carols
Choirs singing Silent Night.
A time to reflect
And thank God above
As we herald the most holy night.

A time to remember loved ones
Who we have lost along the way.
Grief is a heavy burden
Much more poignant
Come Christmas Day.

As a child I believed in Santa
And that there was a God above.
And as a kid
They never once let me down
Ahh! 
If only they could bring back the ones I love.

All those Christmases spent together
Now a family torn apart.
A home now bathed in silence
With only memories to warm the heart.

Dear Santa,
Christmas is just around the bend,
So in this letter I send
Are the presents I want from you to me.
Keep on reading and you will see!
A jack in the box with a pop out fox,
A spinning top that will never stop,
A remote controlled fly but with moving eyes,
But most of all I want this:
My daddy home to love and kiss
So Christmas morning there will be
All of us being a happy family.
So please, can you bring him back from war?
Then we'll know he's safe for sure.