'tis another Christmas on it's
way,
I feel it in the air,
It all began Thanksgiving day...
with bargains everywhere.
*
Is there a Christmas spirit here
when folks go on their sprees,
to shop around with yuletide
cheer
for high-priced Christmas trees?
*
Or show a smile that Christmas
wills
to everyone around,
and show this will with dollar
bills..
in discounts that are found?
*
Just blow away some hard-earned
pay..
to find the Christmas "groove";
to fill the streets with honks
and beeps..
to get someone to move?
*
To "beat the crowd", and shout
out loud
in hustle, bustle pace,
to bump and run, to "beat the
gun"...
in Christmas shopping race?
*
It's not the silver bells that
ring..
making the spirit grand,
but constant ring of "dough"
folks bring..
that changes hand to hand!
*
Now if this shows that I oppose;
"you're mighty right I do"
'cause I resent the money
spent..
to make a Christmas true.
*
So, I'll take my Christmas nice
and slow,
which is a better way;
small gifts to go to ones we
know...
on Jesus Christ's birthday...
*
to decorate a small tree bright
that came fresh from the glade,
with little things that flashes
light
and things the children made.
*
And take this special time to
share,
to sing, to love and see...
that Christmas time is meant for
prayer,
That's what Christmas means to
me!
*
By William Hardison
