Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Poem by AtreyaSarma Uppaluri

Jesus’ birth on this earth brought so much mirth;
His life was to unearth man’s innate worth
And teach love and peace to humanity.
Christmas gives us a sense of sanity.

People go about and each other greet
With cakes and gifts, love and smiles to treat.

Each home welcomes us with a tree of pine
Decked with apples, lights, and Bethlehem star.
Every heart should receive hope, joy and shine
Of the lowly and groaning, near and far.

Everyone capers gleeful and carefree
In the glow of snow, with close and dear.
Thanksgiving through Christmas to New Year
All are too busy on a shopping spree.

The gifts of Santa Claus draw every child’s applause.
May the surplus go to the poor souls’ noble cause,
For a sound harmony with no unhappy clause.

With fun and frolic, dressed up in colourful apparels
Gadding and gambolling around humming many carols
Youthful ivies and hollies kissing under mistletoes
Dreaming of their wedding bells and honeymoon cameos
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Fully focus, do be joyous.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Fully focus, do be joyous.

Let’s welcome, oh children, women and men,
The Happy New Year Two thousand and ten.
May it wipe out all sorrows, sighs and tears
And bless all homes and hearths with lots of cheers.

[Dec 23,2009: : Lincoln, Nebraska, USA]