FW: a Christmas poem by Anna Woita

< Holiday greetings!
<
< I would take a minute to share with you a special Christmas gift I
< received.
< My daughter Anna wrote a poem about Christmas (really about Jesus) that
< she gave me as a Christmas gift.
< I was rather blessed by it, and thought you might be blessed by it as
< well.
<
< -Mark
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< CHRISTMAS
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< Christmas is a time to be jolly,
< To decorate with lights and holly.
<
< Santa Claus he brings the toys,
< But only for good girls and boys.
<
< But Christmas is more than just a season.
< Why we celebrate, there is a reason.
<
< It's Jesus birthday, that's why we rejoice,
< And everyone should hear our voice.
<
< So as we hang our Christmas decorations,
< And celebrate with all the nations,
<
< Remember what Christmas is all about ...
< Not Santa Claus, Elves, or Rudolph there's no doubt.
<
< But the day Jesus Christ, our Savior is born,
< The Man who wore that crown of thorns.
<
< Who died on a cross so that we may live,
< That is why we should happily give.
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< So it's not Merry Christmas, but Happy Birthday!
< Those are the words we should say today.
<
< Anna Woita
< Christmas 2001