Saturday, November 15, 2008

A Modern Christmas Carol

A Modern Christmas Carol

Hark! The cash till loudly rings!
Glory to the marketing!

Half our revenues depend
On the money you will spend
At the Mall this Christmas season
Buying things for no good reason.
Gifts for everyone you know,
Stuff unneeded, just for show.

Hark! The cash till loudly rings!
Glory to the marketing!

Hail our modern civic pride!
Hail the season, glorified
In October and November,
All the way into December!
Hail the wreaths on lamp-posts hung!
Hail "White Christmas", loudly sung!
Yet, in all this joy, we see
Bless us! No Nativity!

Hark! The cash till loudly rings!
Glory to the marketing!

Only at this season's time
Do we, in our mercy, find
Time and funds from our great store
Selflessly to serve the poor.
This we do because a saint
For our elevation came:
Born to serve in Heaven's cause,
Our example - Santa Claus!

Hark! The cash till loudly rings!
Glory to the marketing!

1 comment:

Billman said...

Oh, Gordon! Jesus would want us to be exemplary citizens and support our American economy, wouldn't he? I've been, told by good sources, that our material prosperity is His greatest concern.

That last verse is the best!

~Bill