Holidays

Christmas doesn’t arrive until December

Why do we feel the need to start in September?

The season starts earlier every year

The stores are banking on that Christmas cheer

Anxious to get shoppers in the mood

When did Christmas become about presents and food?

Christmas Eve, up until 2AM wrapping

Like a zombie on Christmas, I’d rather be napping

Cooking and prepping for hours on end

With friends and family no time to spend

So tired and cranky when the day does finally arrive

Just let it be over, get through it, survive

It is so easy to forget the real reason

We celebrate and rejoice in this season

There are many things that bring us together

Not just the snow and cold weather

Traditions through the ages have come to be

Rather it was the Christians or the pagans who first gave us our tree

It doesn’t really matter now for me

This season should be about family

I celebrate the birth of a King

But others celebrate different things

So gather together in love and joy

Either for the birth of a baby boy

The turning of the winter season

Oil burning, harvest or another reason

So forgo the shopping and all of the fuss

And have a relaxed and Merry Christmas

(or Chanukah, Kwanza, Solstice, Festivus, Saturnalia, Day of the Cat, Thanksgiving, etc.)

And a Happy New Year too!