"TIZ ANOTHER CHRISTMAS"
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'tis another Christmas on
it's way,
I feel it in the air,
It all began Thanksgiving
day...
with bargains everywhere.
*
Is there a Christmas spirit
here
when folks go on their
sprees,
to shop around with yuletide
cheer
for high-priced Christmas
trees?
*
Or show a smile that
Christmas wills
to everyone around,
and show this will with
dollar bills..
in discounts that are found?
*
Just blow away some
hard-earned pay..
to find the Christmas
"groove";
to fill the streets with
honks and beeps..
to get someone to move?
*
To "beat the crowd", and
shout out loud
in hustle, bustle pace,
to bump and run, to "beat the
gun"...
in Christmas shopping race?
*
It's not the silver bells
that ring..
making the spirit grand,
but constant ring of "dough"
folks bring..
that changes hand to hand!
*
Now if this shows that I
oppose;
"you're mighty right I do"
'cause I resent the money
spent..
to make a Christmas true.
*
So, I'll take my Christmas
nice and slow,
which is a better way;
small gifts to go to ones we
know...
on Jesus Christ's birthday...
to decorate a small tree
bright
that came fresh from the
glade,
with little things that
flashes light
and things the children made.
And take this special time to
share,
to sing, to love and see...
that Christmas time is meant
for prayer,
That's what Christmas means
to me!
*
By William Hardison
