What Is Christmas

Is it just a day at the end of the year,

A season of joy, merry making and cheer?

Is it people and presents and  glittering trees?

Ah no, it is more than any of these.

For under the tinsel and hidden from sight

Is the promise and meaning of that first Christmas night

When the Shepherds stood in wondering awe

And felt transformed by what they saw.

So let us not in our search for pleasure

Forget  our right to this priceless treasure.

For Christmas is still a God-given day;

And let us remember to keep it that way.

Written:  Doris A. Rulton

Photos by Maria Grant