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WHAT IS CHRISTMAS?: BY Helen Steiner Rice
Is it just a day at the end of the year?
A happy holiday filled with merry & good cheer
A season for presents both giving and receiving
A time to indulge in the pleasures of living
Are we lost to meaningless much muddled daze that
that covers our minds like a grey autumn haze.
Have we closed our hearts to God and His love?
Do we turn our eyes from “The bright star above”
Oh Father in Heaven, renew and restore the real
true meaning of Christmas once more.
So we can feel in our heart again that
“peace on earth and good will to all men”
It is still a promise that man can claim if
“He but seeks it in thy name”
Religious and family significance are very important; rank commercialisation is not.
ReplyDeleteIt is the commercialisation of this special time that I do not like
DeleteYes, to me it is the season of love and kindness. The world needs all it can get. :)
ReplyDeleteSo true
DeleteGod's love came down at Christmas with the birth of precious Jesus. May we celebrate that love each day of the year, Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
May we indeed, it is a special time of year
DeleteChristmas is beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat it is
DeleteI had never seen that before. Christmas is a very special time for our family, always has been. A time for family, love, traditions, and reflection.
ReplyDeleteIt came from a small book I found in my Mum's stuff after she passed, Christmas is an important and specia time of year
DeleteGreat poem, true meaning. And why I'm still in the bah humbugs despite Laurie's deco job.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words. I love the simplicity of Christmas which is hard to find these days. It’s still there - it’s up to us to be still enough to see it.
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