Christmas in the Air

 

 

Christmas is in the air

I feel so smug and good,

I like when lights are everywhere

As well as the tide of love.

 

The hustle and the bustle

Like for an important event

Filling every pre-Christmas day

With anticipatory intent.

 

The scrubbing and painting

From the old to the new,

An invitation to every passer-by

To stop and take a view.

 

Bumper to bumper traffic

Particularly at the round-about

Hoping someone would give away

So that we could get out.

 

A little fretful and annoyed

With a wait of any kind,

Preoccupied with Christmas chores

Weighing heavily on the mind.

 

Hoping for a parking space

In the already full parking lot,

Wishing some car would back out

And give us a parking spot.

 

Tension and excitement

As the days are counting down,

Little or no difference I assure you

In the country or in town.

 

 

Hear the Christmas carols

More so the old than the new,

These truly set the Christmas tone-

For sure, that is my view.

 

Choir recitals to attend

How I love the Bethel chimes!

Unable to attend for the last few years

On account of the COVID bind.

 

COVID-19 is still around

Though nothing like before

Thus, I have absolutely no doubt

We will celebrate more.

 

Save a thought I implore

For those ones less fortunate,

Seek out a Salvation Army kettle

Before it is too late.

 

Give a generous donation

If you are able to do so,

Things are not getting any easier

And everywhere it shows.

 

May this Christmas for you

Be the best you have ever had

And as you strive to achieve this,

Make another heart glad.

 

Someone who has little

Or maybe nothing at all,

That they too can enjoy Christmas

Because we made that call.

 

 

 

Christmas is in the air!

It’s obvious both day and night,

Above all it behooves us to remember

Jesus is its Light.

 

Stewart Russell © December 7, 2023