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this is CHRISTMAS! Do you understand

its giving, its receiving, its a season of brotherhood

and man

innocent awe and joy come so quickly to mind

of early childhood Christmas's unforgotten but left

long since behind

a tall tree purchased so proudly down on the old

Camden Street Church Lot

the long impatient wait for the mysterious Santa Claus

and into that entire realm of sheltered untruths

for nearly 12 whole years I always bought

why, I remember fondly looking for sleigh tracks out

in the front yard with my equally deceived older

brother Bill

if I think back hard enough I can recall each of all those

individual Christmas seasons to this day still

I truly never believed as a child that Christmas could

ever get much better than that very year

until I became an avid carrier of such an adult tradition with

a car, a list, a check book and credit cards

all the necessary and needed Christmas shopping gear

consulting my sketchy list

mom gets a sewing machine

Cindy some knick-knacks and a cookie jar

Ron, her husband, needs some jeans and a socket set

though Chad my nephew will have to hold off a little

while longer on that new car

I'm told I'm to be an aunt yet again

in just a few short weeks

my one brother

a father soon

for the first time ever

something which he so often now speaks

I've gotten him nothing for the baby will be his

most precious gift of all to receive

I could do no better for him than that

so from my hastily made list

I must take my leave....................

( written Nov 5,1992 am)