Since 1998 during the week of Christmas, the Messenger Index has printed “A Soldier’s Poem.” The poem was written by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Schmidt in 1986. Written in the style of ...
What makes a Christmas poem? It could be a drift of snow or some evergreen trees, a box of candy canes or the baby Jesus. The best-known poem attending to the holiday is probably “A Visit from St.