2018 Christmas Card - A Merry Christmas

Well, it looks like this will be another year where I get my annual Christmas card onto the blog early. Of course, early for me is any time before Christmas Eve. As usual, if you want one of my cards in all its paper glory, you will either have to get one from me in real life, or request that I email you the Word file so you can print, fold, and hold it in your hands. Unbelievably, I still stubbornly send these cards out via snail mail to a select few... when I can get my address database, printer, and the Post Office to all work together at the same time.

Here is the electronic version. Merry Christmas.

A Christmas Message

by David Alan Hoag  -  December 18, 1979

Only the children,
And young ones at that,
Believe in the man
With the red suit, who’s fat.

But now you can know
In your heart that I’m real,
And not just a figment
Of some merchant’s zeal.

For down from the pole
I come, yearly, unswerving,
To make an appearance
To those quite deserving.

And what should I see
From my sleigh as I flew?
But the fact that there’s
No one deserving like you!

For, your normal habit
Of sharing and giving,
Keeps Christmas a season
That’s vibrant and living.

So stay glad of heart,
And spread Christmas all year.
…From the man with the beard
…And eight tiny reindeer.

Back in 1979, the people I worked with all chipped in to buy
our secretary a much needed watch. It was placed in her car
where she could find it, along with this poem. Is there
someone who needs YOUR compassionate help, some
encouragement, or just a kind word this Christmas season?

Merry Christmas to You!

I pray this Christmas season bring you
love, peace, and uncontainable joy
to fill your heart, and New Year, too!

Dave  Hoag