Splatters of Poetry

Reflections on Christmas 2006

A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth
Revelation 12:1-2

we eat very, very much.

we sing Christmas carols in big, shiny, expensive churches where everyone shops at the GAP.

we put money in envelopes marked, "Gift for Jesus" which will end up, we are told, in some non-descritps third-world country.

we light candles and sing "O Holy Night", which is my favourite.

we sit around and open our gifts, which mostly consist of money and other things we don't need.

we try to remember Jesus.

we eat very, very much.

posted by Erin @ 7:09 PM