Comfortable Christmas

Is He crowded out of Christmas By the commerce and the cry Of a thousand advertisers Urging everyone to buy? Do the cards and coloured candles And the clustered fairy-lights Keep the Christ-child in the cradle Of a distant eastern night? Keep the cardboard cut-out manger Keep the shiny tinselled star Keep the neatly-kneeling shepherds And the wise men from afar. Keep the feasting and the parties Let the wine like rivers flow Keep the glamour and the glitter Brighten up our winter show. Keep the Baby in his cradle Keep the Mary mother mild Keep our Christmas safe at all costs But in self-indulgent style. How for you this Christmas season? Did the Christ-child come for you?