Creating Christmas Atmosphere

Poems of Christmas Love

S T Kimbrough

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Resource Publications (CA)
27 May 2025

Poetry; Christianity; Christian worship, rites & ceremonies

Although the biblical Christmas story's content remains the same, how it is understood from year to year depends on many things: attitudes, cultural context, geography, religion, language, music, etc. All of these influence the atmosphere created and experienced in and around the Christmas story and Christmastime. Perhaps one's celebration is satisfied by a secular atmosphere created simply by singing ""We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."" Nostalgia also plays a role in how Christmas is celebrated and remembered. Family and cultural traditions color the atmosphere one experiences, and decorations and symbols of religious traditions play a significant role in how Christmas is viewed. How the Christmas story is told has much to do with the atmosphere that it creates, above all an atmosphere of love. It can be told through stained glass, diverse cultural images, lyrics, melodies, and rhythms. It can be told in poetry, prose, songs, and paintings. The poems here address these things, but they also encompass less familiar images of a homeless and refugee child, the fall of the powerful, and the rich having nothing. These are themes that are part of the Christmas story, but above all, it is a story of love for all humankind.

By: S T Kimbrough
Imprint: Resource Publications (CA)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 113g
ISBN: 9798385248308
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

S T Kimbrough Jr. holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently a research fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition at Duke Divinity School. He has taught on leading theological faculties in Europe and the USA. He has published numerous books with Wipf and Stock including The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley; Radical Grace; Partakers in the Life Divine, which addresses Charles Wesley's thought and that of Eastern Orthodoxy; and many books of poetry.

Reviews for Creating Christmas Atmosphere: Poems of Christmas Love

""Christmas is the supremely poetic season to celebrate God's love for us. There's no one better than S T Kimbrough to help us keep Christmas in the way it's meant to be. These poems illuminate and celebrate the joy of God with us."" --Will Willimon, author of Accidental Preacher: A Memoir ""Kimbrough's poetry, both playful and poignant, offers a new take on the sacred and secular meanings of the Yuletide holiday, with verses that quicken the senses like the unexpected fragrance of a pine tree or a pie out of the oven. Readers will surely enjoy these fresh poetic expressions of Advent and Christmas, which are the presents to be unwrapped in this new collection."" --Mark A. Miller, Professor of Church Music, Drew University