BRIAN & ANGELA

CHRISTMAS DAY !

 

 

THE BELLS ~ of Christmas Morning bright

The central heating\'s on again

The neon light ~ across the night

Reflects the streaks of snowy rain

In Churches stained glass window sheen

The Blue & Gold and Red & Green !

 

The Holly in the Church Yard hedge

And from the Manor House the Yew

Will soon be cut to deck the ledge

The Altar ~ Font and Arch and Pew

Happy Parishoners will say

\"The Church looks nice\" on CHRISTMAS DAY !

 

The Bars & Pubs blare out and blaze

And City Buses chug along

On blocks & blocks of Flats I gaze

And hear a snatch of Christmas Song

And bunting on the big TOWN HALL

Says \"MERRY CHRISTMAS to You All !\"

 

The London Shops ~ on CHRISTMAS EVE

Are strung with Silver Bells and Flowers

And weary hacks  ~ computers leave

Home to their dreary breeze block towers

And marbled clouds go scudding by

Tower Bridge ~ Big Ben and London Eye !

 

And giggling Girls remember DAD

And boily Boys remember MUM

And sleepless children\'s hearts are glad

As CHRISTMAS MORNING bells say \"Come\"

E\'en to the favoured ones who dwell

In suits and gowns ~ HILTON HOTEL !

 

And is is true ? O is it true ?

The must tremendous tale of all

Seen in the Stained Glass Window\'s hue

A BABY in an OX\'s stall ?

Creator of the UNIVERSE

Became a CHILD on Earth for US ?

 

And is it true ?  For if it is

No loving fingers tying strings

Around those tissued fripperies

The sweet and silly Christmas things

Candles and inexpensive scent

And hideous tie ~ so kindly meant !

 

No LOVE ~ that in a Family dwells

No Carols sung in frosty air

Nor all the steeple-shaking bells

Can with this awesome truth compare ........

That GOD was MAN in Palestine

And lives today in BREAD & WINE ~ AMEN !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX

 

This poem is an update on a Poem by John Betjeman 1935.