'Merry Christmas' Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

“Merry Christmas”

Another Christmas is upon us, all the four channels, where I live,
show Hollywood movies with groomed children and fake snow.
To avoid offending non Christians, natal is called the festivities.
You may call it Hanukah for all I care especially in USA where
the Israeli propaganda is slowly strangling America’s ability to
play fair and think straight. How bizarre Christmas often can be.
I’m watching a Santa advertizing olive oil. In Palestine farmers
have their olive trees cut down by odious settlers. So much hate
the intruders want it all and they feel no charities for the people
they rob. But not all is bad, here where I live, the homeless can
come in from the cold and eat humble pie but no wine though.
And as we sing, drink and wear silly hats, children die in Africa.