it makes you wonder
that Christianity’s important celebration
welcoming the wondrous birth of the savior
by a virgin mother
seems to have become mostly a holiday for children
they happily believe in Santa and his reindeers
or in the Christ child & its servant
depending on the region and its customs
expecting the delivery of gifts with shiny eyes
accepting the miracle of sleighs & animals
flying across the sky without questioning
adults nod knowingly & smile
yet there are many
children at heart
who still believe that some benevolent high power
will shower them with presents from above
if only they retain their sense of awe and wonder
keep their miraculous beliefs of yonder