'T'was the Night Before Christmas(My sister Barb sent me this today...perfect content for my blog. Thank you Barb, I love you.)
'T'was the night before Christmas and all through the town
Not a sign of Baby Jesus was anywhere to be found.
The people were all busy with Christmas time chores
Like decorating, and baking, and shopping in stores.
No one sang "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed".
Instead, they sang of Santa dressed-up in bright red.
Mama watched Martha Stewart, Papa drank beer from a tap.
As hour upon hour the presents they'd wrap
When what from the T.V.
did they suddenly hear?
'Cept an ad.. which told of a big sale at Sears.
So away to the mall they all flew like a flash...
Buying things on credit...
and others with cash!
And, as they made their way home from their trip to the mall,
Did they think about Jesus? Oh, no... not at all.
Their lives were so busy with their Christmas time things
No time to remember Christ Jesus, the King.
There were presents to wrap and cookies to bake.
How could they stop and remember who died for their sake?
To pray to the Savior...
they had no time to stop.
Because they needed more time to "Shop til they dropped!"
On Wal-mart! On K-mart!
On Target! On Penney's!
On Hallmark! On Zales!
A quick lunch at Denny's.
From the big stores downtown to the stores at the mall,
they would dash away, dash away, and visit them all!
And up on the roof, there arose such a clatter
As grandpa hung icicle lights up on his brand new step ladder.
He hung lights that would flash.
He hung lights that would twirl.
Yet, he never once prayed to Jesus...
Light of the World.
Christ's eyes... how they twinkle!
Christ's Spirit... how merry!
Christ's love... how enormous!
All our burdens... He'll carry!
So instead of being busy, overworked, and uptight
Let's put Christ back in Christmas and enjoy some good nights
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Keep the Christ in Christmas
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1 comment:
hello, wendy wings snet me. although i had not seen that version of the story before, i had seen similar ones. how true it is now. did you know that in many places (our town is one of them) the school children arent allowed to have christmas programs anymore, because christmas might offend someone. now we get winter programs with NO christmas music, not even jingle bells. i think it sucks. we arent weekly church goers, but silent night doesnt offend, adn that hark the herald angels sings offends one bigoted bastage, we shouldnt pander to them. ok this got too long, but i agree anyways.
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