A Christmas Ago

A CHRISTMAS AGO My Christmas present list Every year Got longer and longer, What to buy Whether far or near I certainly have always got joy Out of giving, Just two months ago, I thought Things are getting out of hand, What is Christmas all about, Faith and family and Being together, No matter in Iceland Or at the equator Whether you are freezing, Or in frazzling hot weather, Most important, is To be all together! Used to rush out and shop Up to Christmas Eve, Ticking off this one and that, Is this perhaps true, Do you see yourself, Is this a fact? When as before, Read, or today 'Googled' Before World War one Money was scarce, Yet Christmas was fun! Enjoy this wonderful day For what it is, Buy Christmas crackers I agree, Pull them, bang, between You with glee, Hear the Christmas carols, On Christmas morn, Perhaps make a toy For your boy, Dad has tools and imagination Feel free to craft with With creative fascination, And mummy, Can make her yummy Christmas cookies and Perhaps write a poem, To her little girl Put a rag doll together, Out of straw, material Feather and leather! Smell the turkey, And potatoes, roasting, Hear them sizzling, Laughter and merriment For the less fortunate, Eating a piece of bread Under a bridge on cement We should take stock, Not easy when your World is a whirlpool, A rat race, Begin to face, Reality and give to the poor, Next Christmas to enter This door, You will do with More ease Give to the poor, please! Save the world from plastics, And fake gifts, And Christmas suddenly Will have meaning, The world slowly Recovers and shifts.