Father Christmas

Although the Christmas tale rings true, For every child who feels slighted and destroyed, By religious insult, pretentious token or symbolic kiss, He shouldn’t only be wishing for Santa’s gifts deployed. But the Father Christmas story ensures, That every kid is worth something, equal and sure; The morality attached to Father Christmas is quite explicit, That all can be loved, and in that all can be complicit. It may be that you call this semiotic of Santa Claus implicit: A suggestion, indirect and a loose interpretation; But I think that because all kids are included in his giving, The inherent equal worth of all is its stipulation. Any kids, of any diversity, difference or race: Black, white, Asian or Australasian; Fat, tall, geek, weak or disabled, Whatever your facet, you are enabled. Society so needs this Christmas story, That a child’s interests are his right; His hobbies are to be accepted and encouraged, And that even the cold shouldn’t make you tight. That the individual is considered at Christmas time, Is on point and fully correct; Economics and money have a high place, In a persons needs hierarchy, you may detect. St Nicholas first emerged in a poem in 1823, Published just before Christmas Day on the 23rd, By the Troy New York Sentinel to help its shopkeepers, Multiply sales, and cheer and invigorate searching customers. The love of a parent for her child, Objectifies best by way of a gift; And I just love the symbol of Santa, Whom the lonely child from insolation can lift.