We rush about to and fro, spending money we don’t have to prove love and friendship that should be known unspoken… but it’s all right. We hear holiday music unto the point where Nat Cole singing about roasting chestnuts or Bing Crosby dreaming of snow is burned into our consciousnesses against our collective will…but it’s all right.
We dream of Yuletides long gone and fret that those days were better than the nowadays…we string our lights and trim our trees and stand on line at the Post Office while wondering why we’re doing all of it…but it’s all right.
We stop to sing…we stop to share faith, love, peace, and laughter…we pause to bask in the warmth of fireplaces and in the joyful company of friends and other loved ones…we exchange whimsical cards and brightly wrapped gift offerings…we remember, for a soft eternal moment, that the season is filled with light and music and golden magic when we let it be. And it is, wondrously, all right…
…have yourself a merry little Christmas,
make the Yuletide gay,
from now on our troubles will be far away…
Peace, joy, love, light, and laughter to you one and all.
Happy Christmas,
Michael
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