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My Elusive Christmas Spirit

My Elusive Christmas Spirit   

I can’t find my Christmas Spirit
I don’t know where it went
I hoped that I could get it back
 through the Christmas cards I sent.
Although they made me smile 
as I signed my name to each,
my elusive Christmas Spirit 
seemed just a little out of reach.

I thought a trip to the local mall 
would surely do the trick.
With its Christmas trees
 and music playing,
and Jolly Ole Saint Nick.
Although I felt a little better
 as I bought a gift or two,
my Elusive Christmas Spirit 
just wasn’t in my view.

I hoped by wrapping all my gifts
In bright paper and red bows,
that I could finally shake whatever
was making me feel so low.
Although it helped to finish
 yet another Christmas endeavor,
my Elusive Christmas Spirit 
seemed lost to me forever.

I prayed my finished Christmas tree
with it ornaments and lights
would finally give me the lift I needed,
on this December night.
As I sat there gazing at the tree
my heart begun to swell,
for hanging right before me
was my treasured silver bell.
As a held it gently in my hand
sweet memories flooded back
to the night I witnessed Santa
remove it from his sack.
He hung it on the Christmas tree
turned and called to me,
 there’s magic in this silver bell 
as long as you believe.

As I sat there contemplating
just how this came about
I saw there was a note attached
 to the little silver bell.
I knew that you misplaced your bell
and was feeling sad and blue
So I used my magic powers
 to bring it back to you.
“You haven’t lost your Christmas Spirit 
or the magic it imparts
all you really had to do
 was to look within your heart .
It’s there that they’ve been waiting
for you to realize,
 that you’ll always have your Christmas Spirit 
as long as you believe”.
Love,
 Santa

Copyright © Cathy Strackbein | Year Posted 2024

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