• We seem to have lost the spirit of Christmas
    amid the scandal and sadness this year.
    So many things have happened in the world
    it's hard to be filled with good cheer.

    We grumble and groan and complain, it's true
    treat each other with indignity and scorn
    We see the world with eyes tightly shut
    never seeing that gift that was born.

    A gift that can lighten a stressful load
    or clear prejudice from our eyes
    a gift that we have the power to give
    it comes in every shape and size.

    Please pass on this gift - just give it away
    but hold some of it close in your heart.
    For we are together but a brief time in life
    give it away before we must part.

    On Christmas this year, I wish for you
    the special gift we can use each day
    It's the gift of love - of hope - of peace
    that increases as you give it away.