The Sandbag Times Issue No: 50
The Veterans Magazine for all the latest National and International Armed Forces & Veterans News plus stories, articles and fun.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS<br />
orces and Veterans from our Readers<br />
Jack ..David 's and Lily's Christmas<br />
Bursting With Excitement, Come on Kids Time<br />
for Bed,<br />
Whispers Little Jack,'' Did You Hear What<br />
Mummy Said'',<br />
If We Are Good Little Girls and Boys,<br />
Santa's Coming With Lots of Toys,<br />
I Would Rather We Had Daddy Lily Cried,<br />
David Pulled Lily to His Side,<br />
Being the Oldest, Wise Beyond Years,<br />
He Set About Calming Lily's Fear's,<br />
Daddy Is a Soldier, and He Is Fighting a War,<br />
But Don't Worry Both, Only a Few Months More,<br />
And Daddy Will Come Walking Through the<br />
Door,<br />
Prayers Said, <strong>The</strong>y Climb Into Bed,<br />
Little Eyes Close,<br />
Some One Creeping on the Landing<br />
,and Creeping on Tippy Toes,<br />
Father Christmas Stops by Each<br />
Bed,<br />
Gently Touching Each Tiny Head.<br />
Daddy's Home..merry Christmas<br />
Jack ..David ...Lily.<br />
By S.a.English<br />
DADDYS HOME<br />
Lucy's dad was a soldier,<br />
He went to Afghanistan,<br />
Every night Lucy would<br />
pray<br />
Dear Jesus ,<br />
bring my daddy home if you<br />
can<br />
Christmas day was nearly<br />
here,<br />
Still no sign of dad,<br />
Lucy went of to bed feeling<br />
really sad,<br />
Christmas morning came,<br />
Still no sign of dad,<br />
Although she tried to<br />
smile,<br />
deep down she felt<br />
so sad,<br />
Mummy smiled at<br />
her and said<br />
Just look by the<br />
tree,<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was the<br />
biggest box ever<br />
,Mummy is that for<br />
me<br />
Open it quickly ,<br />
tell me What can you<br />
see,<br />
Lucy let out the biggest scream ever<br />
IT'S DADDY , HE'S COME HOME TO ME<br />
by S.A.English ©<br />
Under the mistletoe<br />
Under the mistletoe<br />
where kisses come and go,<br />
a little girl will grow.<br />
Poaching her rosy lips<br />
while nodding fingertips<br />
under the mistletoe.<br />
A little girl in a fancy dress<br />
spilling porridge, what a mess!<br />
Waiting for her Santa's kiss<br />
if he comes, or if he miss!<br />
He might just come and go<br />
under the mistletoe.<br />
One kiss under a tree<br />
One in a stockings glee<br />
what might it be<br />
in kisses she can't see?<br />
A little girl will grow<br />
under the mistletoe.<br />
<strong>The</strong> secrets at her lips<br />
touched by fingertips.<br />
Cheerful that she might<br />
find her kisses to night,<br />
as she comes and goes<br />
under those mistletoe's.<br />
Anneli Høiland<br />
<strong>No</strong>rway<br />
<strong>The</strong> Guns Fell Silent<br />
<strong>The</strong> guns fell silent and the world stopped to listen.<br />
T’was Christmas Day in the trenches, suddenly<br />
peace was upon us.<br />
Soldiers were brothers again no matter race or<br />
religion.<br />
Gifts were exchanged and the game began<br />
This was a victory, not for country, but for<br />
mankind.<br />
<strong>No</strong> cries of war and suffering just cheers of joy<br />
and laughter, filling the air.<br />
Thoughts going back to the loved ones at<br />
home, oh to be there for a Christmas kiss.<br />
Tomorrow it’s back to war and new friends today<br />
will no longer be.<br />
But peace prevailed if only briefly just for<br />
Christmas and we believed.<br />
Ricky Boys<br />
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