After caroling in the streets
Passing out candy-filled shoeboxes stuffed with tinker toys
We got a gingerbread tea for an after ministry treat
Family dinner with a squad followed by worship noise
Singing silent night
Hand in hand, heading to the house
We restrung the lights
Taping up paper snowflakes and the tree with Santa
It was Christmas Eve
Using printer paper I wrapped my team’s gifts
Placing them under our poster tree
Next to the array matching fuzzy socks from thrift
The next morning Christmas came
We all sat around and opened our presents in our Coats
While the goodness of Jesus was proclaimed
I got a journal, candy, socks, and notes
Then came a traditional Romanian Christmas meal
I tried my first cabbage roll
It was so good I was tempted not to steal
My sisters and I skipped home with hearts half full
The other half was in the States
I face-timed my family for hours on end
Then came the Christmas service, already full from the meal we ate
Oh how glad I am to call Jesus my friend
I read the Bible story at night
Thinking about an innocent baby hanging on a cross
Thank you, God for the ultimate sacrifice
Without you, this season would be a loss
So much beauty and truth. Thank you for this sweet poem!