Christmas poem , no mention of jesus.?

The man in the shop said it came from head office,


A directive concerning their window display,


No Joseph, no Mary, no wise men or shepherds


And there'd be not a mention of Jesus today.





Such Christian devices could well be offensive


To those with beliefs of conflicting designs,


So I walked down the street with its jingle-bell jangles


And pondered these shallow and timorous times.





So long on correctness, so short on conviction,


We creep on our haunches and bend with the breeze


With chameleon talents adapting our colours


According to those we're desirous to please.





We're ashamed of our history, ashamed of our battles,


Ashamed of the victories old soldiers relate,


And now we're ashamed of a Bethlehem stable


Where self-righteous sentries are guarding the gate.





I was born in a country of Christian tradition,


I was taught to distinguish the right from the wrong,


It gave me a purpose and pathway to follow


Embraced in expressions of pageant and song.





Inherent within was the meaning of Christmas,


The birth of a Saviour, the hope he would bring,


And I basked as a child in that promised assurance


As we joined with our mothers and fathers to sing.





Our worship owed nothing to dictates or dogma


Nor denial to others their calling or creed


But ours was the way of ancestral tradition,


Accepted, acknowledged, by custom agreed.





Now they call it divisive and crudely symbolic


While filling their windows with baubles and snow,


They issue directives like edicts from Herod


That Joseph and Mary and Jesus must go.





In the world they envisage, the manger lies empty.


No angels will gather, no wise men will call.


And we'll not run the risk of offending our neighbours


For there'll not be a mention of Jesus at all.

Christmas poem , no mention of jesus.?
its strange that it wouldnt mention Jesus because i thought that is what Christmas is all about.





at least, it used to be. its got so commercial that people seem to forget the real meaning!!





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Reply:Nothing more needs to be said.


AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Reply:Jesus loves you!
Reply:See so many find Jesus offensive. I personally find it offensive to not be able to have my views about Jesus especially at Christmas. I KNOW that Christmas is all about when Jesus was born and NOT all about Santa and decorations. Jesus is my first thought when it comes to Christmas and I am not ashamed to say it. I don't tell others what they can celebrate or how to celebrate anything, and I feel my rights have been taken away by them telling me what I am aloud to say, celebrate or when I can pray.
Reply:So true.


The PC brigade are killing every British tradition, one by one, to appease our foreign "guests".
Reply:Well that is correct.





JESUS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
Reply:Have you ever heard of Michaelmas.....I heard it somewhere before.


I loved christmas up until I was 5-6 ish. It used to be all about Jesus and the love he spread. These days...its so commercial, though I wouldn't know much cause I haven't had a christmas for about 12 years now......its because of him, Just sad....?
Reply:I find it upsetting. How are people to learn about or appreciate Jesus if this time of year is a commercial time, and not a celebration of Jesus? I mean, JESUS is in the name of the holiday. Was thinking about this earlier while looking at a list of Christmas songs on a cd I've got....
Reply:It's a shame what has happened to the Christmas spirit over the years, isn't it? When will Christians stand up and fight!?