Ririro.com - Kids Stories (0-6 Years)

"Holly and Ivy" is a Christmas poem by Eugene Field in which two plants speak to each other across the threshold of a winter home. Holly, warm inside by the yule-log's glow, and Ivy, shivering in the bleak night wind, exchange visions: one of firelight, angels, and sleeping children; the other of the Star of Bethlehem and the birth of the Shepherd King. Together, their voices weave a tender picture of Christmas night, both indoors and out.

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"A Christmas Gift" is a Christmas poem in which little Dottie writes to Santa requesting a beautiful Paris doll. Santa faithfully delivers it on Christmas morning, placing it among the decorated tree and filled stockings. But when Dot's battered, broken-backed dolls creep out from the shadows, they greet the newcomer not with welcome, but with mocking whispers — because they know a secret about what else arrived that very morning that changes everything.

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"Christmas Questions" is a short Christmas poem full of a child's wonderfully logical puzzlement about Santa Claus. The young narrator fires off a rapid string of questions: How old is Santa? Why doesn't he catch cold standing on his head in the snow? How does he climb back up the chimney after sliding down headfirst? Mamma refuses to give answers, so the child makes a bold resolution — to stay awake on Christmas Eve and find out the truth for themselves.

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"My Christmas Secrets" is a delightful Christmas poem narrated by a child bursting with holiday excitement and the impossible task of keeping gifts under wraps. May has already accidentally revealed baby's present and let slip a telling clue about mama's white gift — the one she'll need for getting tea. With gentle warmth and a knowing smile from mama, the poem captures the irresistible pressure of Christmas anticipation and the sweet chaos of a child's good intentions crumbling one secret at a time.

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"A Gentle Reminder" is a short Christmas poem in which a mother muses that the old ways of celebrating the holiday are the sweetest — the familiar chimes, the familiar songs, the warm gladness of tradition. But her young son listens carefully, and with quiet slyness turns her own words back on her, pointing out that her oldest tradition of all was always giving him something new. The poem captures a tender, playful exchange that balances nostalgia with a child's sharp and irresistible logic.

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