Remember christmas cards and sitting down at the kitchen table,
sending out those once a year notes to friends and relatives. Facebook
is not quite the same.

Christmas Threads

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    Behind the crass commercials there yet remains some threads
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    of Christmas, and of what it means in the cupboards of our heads,
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    And many of us, though miles away pull out our address list
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    and pen a note or simple card to those our lives have missed

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    A card's receipt reminds us of patterns we have spun
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    the thread remains unbroken, long years ago begun
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    And those of us who wander across the endless miles
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    are glad to find that somewhere we lit a few glad smiles

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    The thread creates a fabric our lives create the weave
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    the woof and warp connect us all down the years we leave
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    behind us and between us we still remember when
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    the thread began long years ago and trace its course again

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    To those of us religious to those of us now not
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    the season still reminds us of blessings love has wrought
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    and past the Christmas glitter the stores and candy canes
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    though far we go and long away the loving thread remains