Realizing the giving and receiving of gifts at Christmas, is not what it is all about. I am, however, human.
I thought of you when I was a child,
every waking hour,
you had my attention totally,
you were the ultimate power.
I went to church to pray for you,
and in my childish way,
I believed you would be there,
and come to me one day.
As I grew a little more,
I believed, but had a little doubt,
yet still I prayed that you were real,
and left my stocking out.
Yes I prayed for Santa Claus,
to come into my home,
hoping for Christmas gifts,
that would prove I was not alone.
As the years have aged me,
and love has come my way,
I no longer need dear Santa Claus
but still I try and pray.
I pray for Peace on Earth,
and for the love of man,
I try and help all others,
doing the best I can.
I pray that others,
will try and do the same,
I am still a little naughty tho’
and hopes a gift bears my name.
Very nice, Glynis. Peace on Earth and goodwill toward men. BTW, love Mr Cool’s comment 
-M
Drew,re – the sword and the death of Jesus, I am happy you noted the error in your 56 stanza and will correct it, I was hoping that the perfectionist in you would appreciate it. It is the one lesson that always stuck in my mind when I was taught it years ago.
The reason I removed our comments are that they caused offence to some of my family who, I am proud to say, take their religious views a little more seriously than, I am ashamed to say,me. They read my works and I am not one to hurt others if I can help it, certainly not my family and made a decision to remove our ‘banter’.
Yes, I noted you turned me into a bad person, I am not completely blind to some of your ‘clever’ ways. So you live in ‘bad person land’, yup, suits you 
I was away during the sad riots in Greece, and I have not heard much about them here in Cyprus,I will be having coffee with village friends soon and they will no doubt be discussing it and I will hear many versions of the truth,therefore,I am unable to enlighten you through a first person perspective,sorry.
By the way, when are you going to start writing on Triond again? You never know, I might become a fan :0
I will confess my ignorance here…symo? Was this reference to my carrying a cross or a mistake on my surname Smy?
Drew, if you tried following the rules we would not have to say goodbye. You are, I have noticed, a highly educated person who loves a debate. You are a fighter for the written word and want to see it perfected. You do, however, try to teach in an aggressive manner in public, I write to the person in private, it does not matter that the world sees a polite message from me, they do not matter, what matters is the person I am supporting.I have friends here, who cannot write in perfect English, but they, like us, write from the heart. Yes Drew, I have read your work,(before you removed it),I did not however, have the courage to leave a comment, you bite back at those who do and want to start a debate, maybe this is your forte. I think it is sad that you have not used your teaching skills here, you would be a valuable asset, but only if you were a little kinder when you shoot us down Triond,in your opinion, have extraordinary rules, they are rules that protect the writer though Drew, and you have to accept them if you want to be part of the community. I know you have lit a spark amongst some of us, and once I got over your attacks, I realised we have something in common, we both love writing, I do it with inperfections and you do it well, the only difference lies with our characters, you are …mmm Goliath? Oh before you go, please leave a comment on ‘My Grandfather Gave Me a Gift’ thanks and good luck for 2009.
The sad part is I will miss reading Drew’s clever twists, but not the horrible bits
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