Christmas poem

  I'm working on a program for Christmas 2013 and have written this poem as a part of it. Tell me what you think, please.

                        Saying Merry Christmas

Saying “Merry Christmas” 100 times per year

For 60 years yields nearly 6000 smiles of cheer.

Must we? And, you don’t have to have it white,

In order for Christmas to feel right.

Nor do we have to have three wise men standing

In awe beside a manger, each one handing

Over costly gifts: frankincense, myrrh, and gold.

Angels are nice, especially when they sing five-fold

Amens and Halleluiahs, announcing the birth

Of the Child, the Messiah, a King on Earth.

But we’ve had Christmases before sans seraph,

And no one reported the loss to the sheriff.

What some must have is the vision

Of a halo of love for each precision-

Made person. When you celebrate the Christ-

Child’s birth, what’s preferred? How’s it spiced?