Randomized Christmas Memories

Memories from my childhood return,
Snow blankets my grandparents’ yard,
By the window, a Christmas tree sets,
I watch a fire flicker and burn.

For the jingle of sleigh bells I yearn,
My eyes blink and close, I grow tired,
My two brothers both want catcher’s mitts,
This year I will name my doll Fern.

The Night Before Christmas I learn,
Is the peanut brittle hard,
My grandmother sings as she knits,
In her bed Sis will toss and turn.

Memories from my childhood return,
Snow blankets my grandparents’ yard,
By the window, a Christmas tree sets,
I watch a fire flicker and burn.

Line count: 12
Form: A La’ Tuin consists of 4-line stanzas, with a minimum of 4 stanzas. The syllable structure is 9/8/9/8 and the rhyme scheme is abca, abca, abca, abca and all the stanzas must follow the rhyme scheme of the 1st stanza. The 1st stanza is repeated in the last stanza.