The Twelve Days of Blogmas, Day Six: Winter Poems & Last Chance To Enter The Giveaway

     Welp, we're halfway done. Day six. Today is the last day to enter the giveaway. It ends at 5:30 tonight, eastern time. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning. Be sure to comment on Monday's post to enter. 

    My baby sister finally accepted the snow. I am so proud of her. She just loves sitting in the snow, doing nothing. But I have discovered if I turn her towards me, her face isn't exposed to the flying snow, so she actually likes sled rides now. Kind of. But she still prefers to sit in the snow, getting her pants all wet, and eating snow. And then she did not want to come inside, and she started crying, and yelling. From one extreme to the other, I guess😄. 

    We sledded all day yesterday, and I was so stiff and sore, I didn't last long this morning. 

    Anyway, on to today's Blogmas post. I love Christmas poems. They're so descriptive, and glowing. One of my favorites is Winter Time, by Robert Louis Stevenson.

              Winter Time

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Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,   
A frosty, fiery sleepy-head;   
Blinks but an hour or two; and then,   
A blood-red orange, sets again.   
   
Before the stars have left the skies, 
At morning in the dark I rise;   
And shivering in my nakedness,   
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.   
   
Close by the jolly fire I sit   
To warm my frozen bones a bit; 
Or with a reindeer-sled, explore   
The colder countries round the door.   
   
When to go out, my nurse doth wrap   
Me in my comforter and cap;   
The cold wind burns my face, and blows 
Its frosty pepper up my nose.   
   
Black are my steps on silver sod;   
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad;   
And tree and house, and hill and lake,   
Are frosted like a wedding-cake.

Make sure you come back tomorrow to find out who won the giveaway! Merry Early Christmas! ~Caitlyn