This Section Is A Christmas Tree

By Vachel Lindsay

This section is a Christmas tree:

Loaded with pretty toys for you.

Behold the blocks, the Noah's arks,

The popguns painted red and blue.

No solemn pine-cone forest-fruit,

But silver horns and candy sacks

And many little tinsel hearts

And cherubs pink, and jumping-jacks.

For every child a gift, I hope.

The doll upon the topmost bough

Is mine. But all the rest are yours.

And I will light the candles now.