A Christmas Tale

As snowflakes form into crystalline beds Santa dresses up in his suit so red Reindeer restless to come out of their stall Christmas is the most wonderful night of them all All across the world it's so beautiful to see People taking the time to fill others hearts with glee Somewhere high above the clouds in a special place God and Son sit on their throne a smile upon their face The reason they are smiling is it warms their heart to see Love and cheer is everywhere that it could possibly be Somewhere in a little town nestled nicely away A worried man looks at the bills he knows he must pay As his daughter points at the advertisement on t.v. Excitedly asking of her dad, "Will Santa bring that for me" Suddenly he hears more mail land in the box With a thud that hits his heart like a thousand locks As he shuffles through the bills that day he runs across a card So he stops and opens it right there in the yard The thing about this card that made the odds so slim This man had absolutely no idea who sent it to him It said,"We know times are tough and what your going through" "So we placed $500 in this card and sent it off to you" He searched the envelope and card but there was no name at all He reckons that makes this wonderful gift the greatest gift of all He talks it over with his wife and they give half away To help the local shelter feed the hungry on Christmas day As we scurry about these days in an awful fuss I believe up in heaven the Lord is smiling down on us Because he knows on Christmas day that most all humanity Takes the time to stop and say, "Lord we give thanks to thee" Totally fictional poem but the message is one that needs be heard. In every town across our nation hungry families will file into the many shelters hoping to get them and their children a hot meal and possibly a single gift. If everyone who could afford to give a dollar would no one would be turned away - Merry Christmas