However it is the season of giving, and damn it, if we know anything about me we know I'm a giver.
As you may have noticed, this year has been somewhat different than years past. But despite covid, my virus paranoia and my obsessive hand-washing, I actually do look forward to the coming year with uncharacteristic hope and optimism.
Plus I look fabulous in a mask, so there’s that.
So for the holidays, this year more than ever, give those you love the present that will mean the most. Hug them tight, and make sure they know how much they're loved.
Please enjoy this little diddy, revised for the times we find ourselves in.
I wish the very merriest Christmas to each and every one of you and yours. And a healthy, happy new year to us all.
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all ‘round the world
A sense of great unease had spun and had swirled
The covid tests hung by the fireplace with care
In hopes a vaxxed Santa soon would be there
Families nestled with thoughts of spiked virus balls in their head
And visions of immunity and slowing the spread
They’d talk of frustration with shut downs and such
And the fact last year they hadn’t gone out very much
When out in the living room there rose such a clatter
I stopped rapid testing to see what was the matter
The door had been locked, did somebody hack it
What could possibly be making all of that racket
With a little old driver, so lively and quick
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name
Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen!
We’ve had our boosters and the vaccine’s kicked in
We’re masked and we’re ready to spread Christmas joy
All ‘round the world tonight, to every girl and boy
This year we’re over the naughty and nice list
We’re going to all the children’s homes that exist
Parents are weary and children are tired
Of figuring out where and how and what is required
But we’re all in this together if we just hang on tight
And get over ourselves and keep doing what’s right
It can be beat, it really can be done
If we all do our part, each and every one
So while the spirit may not move us as it has in years past
Let’s look towards the day when finally at long last
This virus is behind us and life’s again what it should be
And the season is joyous for you and for me
Until that day comes let’s care for each other
And consider all our sisters and every brother
We’re all a piece of the puzzle, it’s really quite a feat
Together as one is the only way we’re complete
That’s not to say this years’ losses should be forgotten
By any measure, the last 365 days have been rotten
But we can pick ourselves up, we know how to do it
And despite how it looks, we will all get through it
Then he jumped in his sled with a sparkle in his eye
Gave a shout and a holler and flew towards the sky
He looked back and exclaimed, “remember at the end of every tunnel there’s light
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
