Christmas Traditions

Christmas Traditions By Dane Smith-Johnsen It was the Day after Thanksgiving and every store in town. Had planned to opened wide its doors before daylight could be found. It was an outlandish sight to see people sleep overnight. Shoppers camping on sidewalks people waiting in the moonlight. The Christmas shopping season was formally set in motion! Hustling, bustling, getting, and grabbing: bikes, pipes, and lotion. TVs, wreaths, computers, briefs, trees, ties, anything money buys. Some starry-eyed children sway singing with Santa beneath skies. Meanwhile, Jesus Christ, the nativity, and live manger scenes Attempt to teach people what the Christmas season really means. A few carolers come singing along their neighborhood streets. And the folks that they sing too, with big smiles, surprise them with treats. A God loving soul amid the clamorous celebrations, Gathers his family, to make costumes and preparations. Mary, Joseph, Jesus, shepherds, and the three Kings with gifts, myrrh. Reverently, they reenact our blessed Savior's Holy birth. This poem was written for Carolyn Devonshire's Christmas in Your Town contest. Poetic form: A narrative written in couplets.