I enjoyed alphabet books as an ESOL teacher because of the patterned style and vocabulary emphasis. This alphabet poem aims to include the significant details and themes of the story of Christmas as found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. With a grandchild in our family now, I was inspired to write a Biblical Christmas piece. I hope you or a young one in your family will enjoy its cadence and message.
A is for Advent
A blessed time of year
When Jesus’ birthday
Is coming near.
B is for baby,
So sweet and so small.
Jesus who saves us
Was born for us all.
C is for Christmas
And Christ is His name.
God’s Son from heaven
To our Earth He came.
D is for dream,
Or visions God sent:
News and direction,
His perfect intent.
E is for excited
And jumping for joy,
Like John leapt for Jesus,
The cousins, both boys.
F is for fear.
So many had fear.
Surprise angel visits said,
“Peace, God is near!”
G is for go,
Go tell the Good News
That Jesus is born.
Go, run in your shoes!
H is for heavenly,
Heavenly host.
Those angels praised Jesus,
The best and the most.
I is for incense,
With myrrh and with gold.
Wise men gave gifts
To Jesus we’re told.
J is for Joseph
The dad Jesus knew,
A man good and faithful.
He raised Jesus too.
K is for King,
From King David’s line,
Both father and mother,
A promise divine.
L is for light
Of so many kinds.
The angels, the East star,
The world’s Light who shines.
M is for Mary
The Lord Jesus’ mother.
God chose her to bear Him,
Her heart above others.
N is for Nativity
The plain stable scene,
The place and the people
Of such lowly means.
O is for only,
God’s only Son,
Jesus our Savior
For us, He’s the one!
P is for promise.
God’s prophecy said
A saving Messiah
Would come crush sin’s head.
Q is for quick.
Things happen so fast.
Be ready for Jesus
Before time is passed.
R is for room,
The Inn had no room
So a family was left
Out in Bethlehem’s gloom.
S is for sheep
Sleeping out in the night
Who woke with their shepherds
To angel singing and light.
T is for temple.
Jesus visited there
From baby to manhood
To teach and for prayer.
U is for upright,
In righteous ways
Zechariah, Simeon, Anna
Lived out their days.
V is for virgin,
A young girl named Mary,
The mother of Jesus,
A miracle she carried.
W is for worship,
Give Christ the praise
As babe in a manger
And now and always.
X is for exceptional,
Exceptional but true.
Jesus’ birth, boyhood, grown-up,
His Resurrection too!
Y is for why,
Why God sent His Son.
To save us from sin,
The cross – it is done!
Z is for Z
We’ve come to the end.
The Alpha Omega
Forever AMEN!
