Christmas in Iraq
'Twas the Night Before Christmas in an Iraqi Town Christmas in Iraq is a poem written for a soldier and his troop I sponsored in Iraq in 2005. It is my hope that this poem and others like it will be forwarded to our military men and women during the Christmas season so they will know they are not forgotten during the holidays. 'Twas the night before Christmas in an Iraqi town; And our brave U.S. forces had all just hunkered down. Not a Humvee was moving, not a Jeep stirred the sand As troops dreamed of their homes, each and every man. Some longed for their sweethearts, other men missed their moms, Others missed sons and daughters not seen for so long. Sugarplums would be nice, but much nicer to be At home with their loved ones 'neath their own Christmas tree. When what to their wondering ears should be heard, But the faint sounds of carols, music and joyful words. At first heard so faintly, then the sound grew and grew -- The sound of your loved ones s...