Make Christmas Eve Today

 

 

I propose for your consideration

Today be Christmas Eve,

Since Christmas Day is Monday

This would bring some ease.

 

Do all running around today

Instead of doing so on Sunday,

Leave Sunday as a day of reflection

In the good old fashion way.

 

You would get a good rest

And enjoy Christmas Day in full

Thus, remembering its true purpose-

I am sure you would.

 

Traditionally, we used Sunday

As the day on which we reflect,

That was good for the entire system-

It was an opportunity to reset.

 

That has gone with the wind

Particularly for the most part,

And since enterprise has taken over

We have lost our heart.

 

 

 

The heart for our community:

Our family and our neighbor

And trying to get the next dollar

We’ve extended our labour.

 

Christmas Eve is arguably

The most hectic day of the year

And with all the hustle and bustle

Comes my greatest fear.

 

The fear we won’t be around

To enjoy the very next day;

The very day we aim to celebrate

In our traditional way.

 

God forbid, but a fatality

In the home or on the road,

A love one gone from us for Christmas-

What a horrific load!

 

 

Maybe it is too late now

To have it enshrine in the law

And besides, we would still ignore it

Because it’s our human flaw.

 

The propensity to react

When we cannot have our way

Even if Christmas Eve Day

Happens on a Sunday.

 

However, the fact of the matter is

Christmas Eve is a Sunday

And no doubt the last-minute rush

That is most people’s way.

 

Please be cautious I beg you

As you go about your way

And if you can, I’m beseeching you,

Make Christmas Eve today.

 

Stewart Russell © December 23, 2023