how to have Christmas day

I don’t know how you’ll feel
about Christmas
you could be anywhere
your
people and tradition could be
any

and of value and
distinction
for having been made and now alive
on Earth by God
and by yourselves and for
you own

and if yours isn’t Christmas
you might
appreciate the sales
and on the way
attractive and in plaes extraordinary
arrangements of lights
for
the season

you might not be drawn
to those taking Christmas into politics
as
part of a campaign
to manipulate supremacy
a domination as an attitude
a strategy
to win

you may get
or have to live the irony
of the call of Muezzin over all the
lights and music
of
the Christian style

or where these are are small
you might enjoy
the paradox
of harmony

and similar traditions
calling
worship
and remembering that are not Christian
but noble
and valid as services
pursuits of God
and
at this time of year the overwhelming
might
be overwhelming

so maybe we could all
take on
humility
that ever newborn child possesses

restrain
in fact
if by amazement
our aggressions
and our violence
and notions of who’s best and
who
belongs
and who gets to survive

and let us all
regard us all
as worthy of the Lord
and
each other

whoever might be God today
the name
the following

and if we respect
and someday meet at a table
maybe
we’ll keep the harmony
the unity
with all the parts of who we are
and who you are
together

and that’s all
and wish for a happy Christmas day
where
that’s possible
aiming toward a better one
next
time if need be
and we could check on each other
for
tomorrow

not because it’s Boxing Day
but
because it’s any day
of those in traditions
and those owning
none
to love
each other

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