"A Child of the Snows" A Christmas Poem by G. K. Chesterton (Summary and Discussion Questions)

“A Child of the Snows” Poem Summary

G. K. Chesterton was a prolific writer of essays, novels, short stories, and poems. His Catholic faith and love of literature permeated through all his works. This poem is a perfect meditation on Advent and Christmas.

Chesterton begins by appealing to the lengthening darkness and worsening weather in the short days of December. We long for warmth and fire and we find a star leading us to the birth of a child in an inn at the end of the world. Cheste...