<p><strong>Hello to all of you who are listening</strong></p> <p><strong>This is a special short episode, different from the others,</strong></p> <p><strong>for this Christmas Day.</strong></p> <p><strong>I hope everyone is having a lovely time, whether with family</strong></p> <p><strong>and friends, or if you’re self-isolating, or wherever you are.</strong></p> <p><strong>For those of you who, like me, were unable to get back to have</strong></p> <p><strong>Christmas with the family, I hope it is still a special time for you.</strong></p> <p><strong>It’s Christmas Day afternoon now, and I’m sitting here all cozy</strong></p> <p><strong>next to the Christmas tree, and the fire is glowing.</strong></p> <p><strong>I’m raising a glass to you all and want to share with you this</strong></p> <p><strong>poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at this special time.</strong></p> <p><strong>Enjoy the rest of your holiday, and Happy Christmas!</strong></p> <p><strong>The Three Kings</strong></p> <p>BY&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/henry-wadsworth-longfellow" target="_blank"><u>HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW</u></a></p> <p>Three Kings came riding from far away,</p> <p>Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;</p> <p>Three Wise Men out of the East were they,</p> <p>And they travelled by night and they slept by day,</p> <p>For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.</p> <p>The star was so beautiful, large and clear,</p> <p>That all the other stars of the sky</p> <p>Became a white mist in the atmosphere,</p> <p>And by this they knew that the coming was near</p> <p>Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.</p> <p>Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,</p> <p>Three caskets of gold with golden keys;</p> <p>Their robes were of crimson silk with rows</p> <p>Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,</p> <p>Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.</p> <p><br></p> <p>www.moniquesliedrecht.com</p>