A Christmas Summary

For some Christmas is a bottle

A simple bottle of rum,

As soon as that bottle is empty

Christmas for them is done.

For some Christmas is a rush

A rush to get things done,

A host of things to accomplish

Before Christmas day is come.

For some Christmas is a rest

A rest from their busy ways,

A chance to relax and reflect

During the Christmas holidays. 

  

Then Christmas is new things

For some it is simply that,

They change whatever they can

Then sit back and relax.

For some it is getting together

With friends and family,

Eats, drinks and fun galore

Highlight their festivity.

For children it’s an opportunity

To frolic and to play,

To enjoy their presents and toys

And eat lots on Christmas day.

The outfit for some is primary

Bedecked in the latest fashion,

At church and Queen’s Park

They parade with passion.

The house is a point of interest

Especially for the female,

She runs herself ragged

Trying to catch another sale.

For some Christmas is the lights

On buildings and Christmas trees,

The beauty that's displayed 

Is pleasing to all of these.

The doctors cash in too

But theirs mostly come after

Christmas eating and drinking,

More patients is doctor’s laughter

Merchants too have their share

You don’t have to guess,

The more money leaves our pockets

The more they are impressed.

Christmas for the vagrant

Finds him on his street

And the spirit of Christmas goodwill

Supplies him with lots to eat.

Undertakers, I’m not too sure

How they fit into the mix,

Christmas for them could be

Those patients the doctors didn’t fix.

Christmas for some is that chance

To do what’s otherwise a chore,

It is one of the few times

That they “darken a church door”.

Christmas is that special time

The needy anticipate each year

As organisations reach out to them

With loads of Christmas cheer.

Christmas for the butcher

Could be the death of many pigs

As he supplies the ham and pork

For the various Christmas gigs.

Christmas for a church pastor

Could be a church that’s full,

Compliments of Christmas programmes

Attracting many people.

For some it’s really a bother

Their religion can’t accommodate,

Wedding anniversaries they keep up

But Jesus’ birth they won’t celebrate.

But still there are others

Who’ve experienced the “new birth”,

Christmas reminds of the time

That Jesus came to this earth

The trappings of the season

Still matter to many of these

But above and beyond these frills

Is the acceptance of the “Prince of Peace”.

Stewart Russell © 2015