1. Reading Lesson

Christmas Everywhere

Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! Christmas in lands of the fir-tree and pine, Christmas in lands of the palm-tree and vine, Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white, Christmas where cornfields lie sunny and bright. Christmas where children are hopeful and gay, Christmas where old men are patient and gray, Christmas where peace, like a dove in his flight, Broods o'er brave men in the thick of the fight; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all: No palace too great, and no cottage too small.

- Phillips Brooks.

2. Study

What lands that you know about are like those described in the second, third, fourth, and fifth lines? What differences are there in Christmas celebrations in these different lands? How may all the celebrations be alike?

In what land should you like Christmas best?

What different people do you think of as you read the remainder of the stanza? What will Christmas do for them?

Why is it Christmas everywhere? Do you like to think that all sorts of persons in all sorts of places are celebrating Christmas?

3. Exercises

1. Find all the lines in the poem that rhyme with the first line.

What other rhymes do you find in the poem? Write five words, not in the poem, that rhyme with each of these: pine gay small.

2. Memorize the poem.