The kids view Xmas as a holiday
that’s less religious than it’s cultural.
In fact they would ignore the creche display,
church service, carol lyrics and the pull
toward gifting first exampled by three kings.
We gave them history but they rebut –
no miracles except what buying brings
to merchants (whose front doors are this day shut).

Their attitude has stunned us. Do they feel
that Easter is a tribute to a hare?
We grant excess consumption, but we reel
at how assessment morphs. We don’t declare
their view is universal yet we doubt
the young folk know what Christmas is about.