So Many Christmases

So many Christmases
Sharing the spark of their essence,
Flowing down
Through the annals of time,
Reaching this moment
With their fond caress,
Adding their shapes and sounds
To this day of celebration,
Bringing a heart back
To the best and worst,
The simple and extreme,
The taken-for-granted good times
That decorated most
With their congenial complacency.
Now all join here
In a church of devotion,
Their facets of blessing
Fully appreciated,
Each Christmas anointed
With the visage
Of their holiday home.


Check writes from North Wildwood.