Christmas Cheer!

So here I sit full of Cheer.
We only get this once a year.
Giving this and getting that,
Eating lots and growing fat.

Temperature drop to fit the mood
Fireside chats and more good food
Good friends call and gather round
Their voices sing those Christmas sounds.

Our spirits lift as friends arrive
It's just so fine to be alive
A wealth of smiles on happy faces
A Christmas dream of Christmas places.

The North Pole charm of Santa's laugh
Can take your heart down youthful paths
and dreams creep in to stir the season
we feel the love and we know the reason

A fool all-year sees wisdom dawning
as children wait for Santa's coming.
The anticipation of sparkling gifts
gives every spirit a Christmas lift.

The little faces with great big joys
light up our world with thoughts of toys
The truth of Christmas can only be told
through the hearts of the young and the love of the old.

The Grinch is still out there waiting to steal
the promise of Christmas that children think real.
So fire up the candles and light up the trees
and open your hearts so that people can see.

Let's set some examples the rest of the year
so children at Christmas don't shed any tears.
It's you who can change things better to best
if we all work our buns off, Santa can rest.

I guess what I'm feeling is easy to see:
Children are special to you....and to me.
They are our future and we'll be their past
and just as we mold them, they will be cast.

We can look around us at youngsters growing grey
Time is a master that we all will come to pay,
but laughter and children can keep old age at bay
with the help of ol' Santa, his reindeer and sleigh.

[I wrote this years ago before I accepted Christ as my Savior. It's so secular and misses the point of Christmas by an embarrassing margin. I'll do better next time.]