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A Sonnet to the Savior, not the Santa or the Sentiment by J. Roger Wilson, ©December 2006 Who gives the greatest Christmas hope, a babe or bearded man? Have songs and stories of St. Nick o’ershadowed God’s own Son? Of one we hear we’d best watch out or lose the gifts we plan. It’s just a Child, though angels sang—not much, the other one. Satisfied by Christmas treats? He is the Bread of Life! Though reindeer fly in Christmas tales; He is the Shepherd Great. How often lights make winters bright, while He’s the world’s Light. It’s toys and elves at Santa’s home, but Christ is heaven’s Gate. Some Grinch might steal our fun away, but Jesus died to save! Could any toy, that soon will break, e’er match the Truth, the Way? Holly, ivy, Christmas trees will die; the Vine will last. Indeed, Saint Nicholas will kneel before “I Am” one day. Love Himself has come to earth, by birth, to give by grace. Don’t trust a lovely fantasy; He’s God of time and space. As I reflected on the barrage of

“ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .” These words from our Declaration of Independence explain the reason 13 colonies became the United States of America. They are words every citizen should remember and understand; they are words that must continue to inspire us. Those who disagree with and fail to support them should not be trusted nor given power. They provide the backdrop against which another set of words were written: “ We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America .” Together, they define the reasons this nation exists and wh