Santa Lights the Hanukkah Lights

December 22, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. Since Christmas and Chanukah fall so near each other this year (Christmas Eve and the first night of Chanukah are both on December 24), this week’s theme is the spirit common to both holidays.

Today’s poem is a Season’s Greetings poem about celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Santa lights the Hanukkah lights

Eight days in a row,

As Jews sing carols winter nights,

Songs they love and know.

Out of many, one, but one

Need not reduce one’s faith.

Some love love, wherever from,

Glad to share the grace.

Remember that identity

Endures through love alone.

Exclusive faith eventually

Turns loving hearts to stone.

Into your well-chosen cup

Now pour a blended soul,

Giving not one blessing up,

Savoring the whole.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/santal.html. For more Christmas poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html. For more Hanukkah poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/chanukahpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Chanukah and Christmas

December 19: Hanukkah and Christmas Go Together

December 20: Can Anyone Love Christmas Who’s Not Christian

December 21: Three Holidays! Hooray! Hooray!

December 22: Santa Lights the Hanukkah Lights