Christmas Dinner
A Poem by Shel Silverstein
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1. And it came to pass on a Christmas Evening,
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   While all the doors were shuttered tight.
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   That outside standing, a lonely boy child
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   Cold and shivering in the night.

2. On the street every window
   Save but one, was gleaming bright.
   To this window walked the boy child
   Peaking in soft candlelight.

3. Through other windows he had looked at turkey,
   Ducks and geese and cherry pies,
   But through this window spied a gray haired lady
   Table bare and tears in here eyes.

4. Into his coat reached the boy child
   Knowing well there was little there.
   He took from his pocked his own Christmas Dinner,
   A bit of cheese and some bread to share.

5. His outstretched hands held the food and they trembled.
   As the door it opened wide.
   Said he, “Would you share with me Christmas dinner?”
   Gently said she, “Come inside.”

6. The gray haired lady brought forth to the table
   Glasses, two and her last drop of wine.
   Said she, “Here’s a toast to everyone’s Christmas
   And especially yours and mine.”

7. And it came to pass on that Christmas evening
   While all the doors were shuttered tight.
   That in that town the happiest Christmas
   Was shared by candlelight.