'twas the Night Before Christmas and Christ Was Left Out

Twas the night before christmas and Christ was left out, with no peep of the Good News, no mountainous shout. Stockings were hung by the chimney the same, but no one made mention of the Savior's name. On this sacred night there were still shopping plans. Their heart was poured out through money changers' hands. 'Twas the hustle and bustle of past Christmas Eves. Once deemed a holy night, now a den of thieves.* Folks went into debt for the pleasure to give, not counting the cross and what it cost to forgive. Presents were plenty. Wish lists were fulfilled, but they didn't thank God for the blood that was spilled. An "X" had replaced the unspeakable name. Christmas without Christ was now one and the same. 'Twas the night before Christmas and Christ was left out. The townsfolk had forgotten what Christmas was about. Merry Christmas to all; let Christ become your light. *Matthew 21:12-13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." 12-2-19