Unlike All the Rest

One Christmas Eve

unlike all the rest

save for twinkling lights and greenery

Christmas music and movies

turkey dinners with all the trimmings

The perception ~

Christmas will come and go with the same old nonsense

    And only one stocking hung by the chimney with care

Some have no stockings for their feet, 
     let alone for the chimney

Music spins and wafts in malls, 
      from street corners and homes

Movies may be from the hospitality of friends

Turkey and trimmings are in 
    story, 
      memory or 
         shelters

Christmas decor is on the houses and behind the windows.

One Christmas Eve under the full moon

Is unlike all the rest.

“ A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, 

like a thunderstorm, and we all go together.”

~ Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home

Author's note: Edited January 14, 2024