Christmas Poems

Christmas is a holiday for friends,

However they may be, or not, related.

Remember that the three wise kings were strangers

In search of one remote, uncanny dream.

So may we all be far more than we seem,

Together bound for dark and haunting changes,

More lovely for the loves we have created

Along the lonely paths from means to ends,

Stumbling towards that star of Bethlehem

Christmas is a time of little time.

How we get there is a mystery.

Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb

Into fields of sunlit harmony.

Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards,

Trimming house and tree while working, too;

Making phone calls, wrapping, writing cards,

As all worn out we do what we must do

So that this day of joy might joy renew

Christmas really isn't about toys,

However much we love them, young and old.

Reductions in the fat of Christmas day

In time restore its vigor and its health.

So let us not display our absent wealth,

Though children should have ample chance to play.

More sweet and joyous music must be sung,

And thoughts of peace and mercy make their way

Silent and uncluttered through the noise.

Christmas is a time for love and fun,

A time to reshape souls and roots and skies,

A time to give your heart to everyon,

Freely, like a rich and lavish sun,

Like a burning star to those whose lonely sighs

Show need of such a time for love and fun.

For children first, whose pain is never done,

Whose bright white fire of anguish never dies,

It's time to give your heart to every one,

That not one angel fall, to hatred won

For lack of ears to listen to her cries,

Or arms to carry him towards love and fun,

Or friends to care what happens on the run

To adult life, where joy or sadness lies.

It's time to give your heart to everyone,

For God loves all,

and turns His back on none,

Good or twisted, ignorant or wise.

Christmas is a time for love and fun,

A time to give your heart to everyone.

Can anyone explain the glow of Christmas?

Holidays are candles in the night.

Rebirth comes from family and friends

In one bright blur of food and talk that ends

Still burning as a peaceful inner light.

There is no way to substitute for Christmas.

Miss it and no circumstance feels right.

All my heart's with you, yet I must miss this

Season thick with love and rich delight.