'Tis the Season

 

 

 

It's Christmas time again,

here we go.

This time of year,

nothing moves slow.

Everyone rushes around

buying gifts and pretending joy.

No one seems to remember

the real birthday boy.

Have we all forgotten,

forgotten the reason

that most of the world

celebrates this season?

Do children know the meaning

of Christmas these days?

Are there any left that aren't

being taught selfish ways?

It's all about what you get, maybe

a little about what you give

But do any know the story

of how our saviour came to live?

About the virgin and the donkey

and no room at the inn

How the angel announced

that our king was born again.

The three wise men

that followed the star

how they traveled three days

but it wasn't too far

to lay gifts before him

where the baby boy lay

in the small manger

Mary had softened with hay.

How has the legacy

been forgotten?

Instead children are raised

to be spoiled rotten.

They want Christmas toys

and worship St. Nick

The reason for the season

now makes me sick.

I'd rather avoid it all

and stay home by myself

and worhip baby Jesus

instead of a large, rosy elf.

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