In all the full speed ahead that has become the modern Christmas, I think we’ve lost a bit of what it really is meant to be like.  Sure, for folks like me there is the time spent reflecting on the birth of Jesus.  But, even if you’re not a believer?  Maybe Christmas should be slower, quieter, more loving and sharing time with those who warm our hearts best?

Christmas Wrapping
by Michael Romani

Something is missing in all of this bustle
Somehow it feels it's one big hustle 
The holidays are meant for quiet times 
Open fires, warm hearts and easy rhymes

We're not meant to be out shopping 
Until all of us feel like dropping   
But to cuddle up and talk as we glow
This is the holiday spirit I want to know

Jack Frost nibbles as he's quietly rapping
On the frosted window the snow is tapping
While we keep on wrap, wrap, wrapping
All the while, we're finger tap, tap, tapping

So, let's gather up to decorate the tree 
Spending this time, just you and me  
Singing songs into each other's eyes  
Telling each other truths instead of buying into lies

Christmas carols are best when shared with you   
Getting drunk on all those loving things you do
I want to sit with you in front of the fire   
And see if we might kindle a bit of joy and desire  

Jack Frost nibbles as he's quietly rapping
On the frosted window, the snow is tapping
While we keep on wrap, wrap, wrapping
All the while, we're finger tap, tap, tapping

Father Christmas may deliver goodies on his sleigh   
The reindeer might fly around the world before Christmas Day 
But that time I spend with you is that everything
That harks this herald and makes me want to sing

(c) December 14, 2018  Michael Romani
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