Let us kindly move beyond  the outer rituals associated with Christmas and imbibe its true spirit to lend more meaning to our celebrations and to our lives. 

Christmas can be merry

Only when all are well fed 

And have a warm cosy bed, 

When hunger no longer our land stalks

And  everyone with dignity walks,

When wars no more our lives ravage

And  people are no longer vicious and savage,

When in the world compassion reigns

And  we don’t fritter away our civilisational gains,

When the hearts with love are aglow

And  the milk of human kindness does flow,

When we eschew every petty row

And reverentially before nature bow.

Only when  peace and harmony hold sway

And we earnestly  follow God’s way, 

Can we be truly merry and gay.

Arun Bhagat

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