The Christmas Story
I don’t know about you, but I’ve already placed my order for a custom-fit sheep costume.
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And now, my personal favorite…
Christ Came Down
CHRIST climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and ran away to where
there were no rootless Christmas trees
hung with candycanes and breakable stars
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and ran away to where
there were no gilded Christmas trees
and no tinsel Christmas trees
and no tinfoil Christmas trees
and no pink plastic Christmas trees
and no gold Christmas trees
and no black Christmas trees
and no powderblue Christmas trees
hung with electric candles
and encircled by tin electric trains
and clever cornball relatives
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and ran away to where
no intrepid Bible salesmen
covered the territory
in two-tone cadillacs
and where no Sears Roebuck creches
complete with plastic babe in manger
arrived by parcel post
the babe by special delivery
and where no televised Wise Men
praised the Lord Calvert Whiskey
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and ran away to where
no fat handshaking stranger
in a red flannel suit
and a fake white beard
went around passing himself off
as some sort of North Pole saint
crossing the desert to Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
in a Volkswagen sled
drawn by rollicking Adirondack reindeer
with German names
and bearing sacks of Humble Gifts
from Saks Fifth Avenue
for everybody’s imagined Christ child
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and ran away to where
no Bing Crosby carollers
groaned of a tight Christmas
and where no Radio City angels
iceskated wingless
thru a winter wonderland
into a jinglebell heaven
daily at 8:30
with Midnight Mass matinees
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree this year
and softly stole away into
some anonymous Mary’s womb again
where in the darkest night
of everybody’s anonymous soul
He awaits again
an unimaginable and impossibly
Immaculate Reconception
the very craziest
of Second Comings
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Please join the discussion below.
Doesn’t feel like christmas really,however I’m going to midnight mass so I’ll feel christmassy after I’ve sung harmonies in the big church
I hope the harmonies have helped, Robbie. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for the Christmas Story you shared today. It features good production value while telling a timeless story promising hope, love and joy.
Well Done!
Thank you, Rich. Agreed. And, isn’t that video the sweetest telling of the Christ story? Many people interpret the Ferlinghetti poem as sacrilegious. I see it as a spot-on satire of how (American) consumerism has corrupted a spiritual concept, and I think it is an appropriate and wide-reaching statement about Culture, in general, whether or not someone is a Christian.
If you have the chance, check today’s Christmas Greeting.
Peace & Joy to all!