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FOURTH CHRISTMAS GHOST?
The Ghost of Christmas Never To Be ...
Again.
Perhaps Christmas
will never be as innocent
as we remember
because we are not
as innocent as we were then.
Families were bigger in the Christmases of the Past
Now, single child families are the norm ...
where Mommy and Daddy
may be separated, divorced, or
never together
in the first place.
LONELY
is now the word that comes to mind
at the mention of
Christmas
for many
when once it used to be
JOY
POVERTY
Christmas has become a season of sorrow for many women who can barely put food on the table,
much less presents under the tree.
My mother was one such person.
Weeknight movies were cheaper than weekend showings.
On the way back to our basement apartment,
we would walk down dark, scary streets holding hands
and singing our theme song, Side By Side:
Oh! We ain`t got a barrel of money
Maybe we`re ragged and funny
But we`ll travel along
Singing a song
Side by side
Maybe we`re ragged and funny
But we`ll travel along
Singing a song
Side by side
Mother scooped up the largest fallen branch from the lot selling them and brought it home.
Topped with shiny aluminum scraps from Hershey's kisses,
it was just as wonderful to me as the one in New York's Time Square.
CHRISTMAS MAGIC
Can be conjured to push back the 4th Christmas Ghost, if we but cling to the truth that love and imagination
is within the heart of each of us to share
with all those in our world who are going through harder times than they appear.
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It is a sad time for many. This world has slowly drifted apart when it comes to families.
ReplyDeleteFamilies used to be the glue that held communities together -- now, everything is drifting apart as you say.
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