An Email, cupcakes Options

[Merlin]

The In-box

In these days before Christmas, I’m certain you’ll see
An email that someone has sent cheerily.
Take a look in your litter box, there you might find
A note of this season; it’s one of a kind.
It speaks how politic’lly right we now are,
Embracing all peoples from near and afar,
Offending not one with the words we may say:
“Merry Christmas” is out, and so is “Good day.”
Our holiday season must now be like theirs
Or else they might suffer from obnoxious airs.
No bobbles, no bangles, and no Christmas trees
No Rudolph, no Santa, but let me keep breeze
Or else this dumb verse won’t rhyme, as it should
And many of you will say, “That is so nice!”

[Merlin]

Thank you for your comments Alan, Wally & Leo.
I'm sure we are all on the same wavelength. I'm not a believer in much, but I don't have any problems with others celebrating what they wish.
That said, I'm not sure it's even the common folk who object to our traditions. It may well be our learnéd politicians who make the rules.

A few emails keep circulating, lamenting the same fate. One goes as far as to suggest boycotting department stores that don't use the word "Christmas", but most of those are US and not necessarily across the border. It's a long drive from the west coast to shop Macy's in NY. I seem to sense a mini-revolution amongst these emails, in that people are fed up with being told not to say "Merry Christmas" for fear of offending. With cyberspeed, it's working.

But my posting was mostly for Mary, whom I hoped would give a thoreau critique! Ha! That's why I left the slant rhyme at the bottom.

Merlin