Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to all my subscribers and visitors, I’m just having a break from writing until after Christmas, (mainly because I’ve got so much still left to do!) So I’d like wish you all peace and goodwill and I leave you with this joyful and thoughtful poem by the Lancastrian poet Edwin Waugh;

Christmas Morning

Come all you weary wanderers beneath the wintry sky.
This day forget your worldly cares and lay your sorrows by.
Awake and sing! The church bells ring! For this is Christmas morning.

We’ll tie the fresh green holly wreath, and make the yule log glow.
And gather gaily underneath the winking mistletoe.
All blithe and bright, by glad fire-light for this is Christmas morning.

To all poor souls we spread the feast with kindly heart and free.
One Father loves us, and at least, today we’ll brothers be.
Away with pride, this holy tide for it is Christmas morning.

So now God bless us one and all, with hearts and hearthstones warm.
And may He prosper great and small and keep us out of harm.
And teach us still to show good will this merry Christmas morning.

Alex & Louise Burton-Hargreaves

(Dec 2025)

Published by Northwest nature and history

Hi, my name is Alexander Burton-Hargreaves, I live in the Northwest of England and have over two decades of experience working in and studying the fields of land management and conservation. As well as ecology and conservation, in particular upland ecology, I am also interested in photography, classical natural history books, architecture, archaeology, cooking and gardening, amongst many other things. These are all subjects I cover in my articles here and on other sites and I plan to eventually publish a series of books on the history and wildlife of Northern England.

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