The 55 Days of Christmas

On the 55th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
55 yesterday’s Halloween candies
54 lights a twinkling
53 carols tinkling
52 cards a mailing
51 commercials
50 texting drivers
49 pumpkin lattes
48 cookies baking
Now begins Diwali
Prosperity and triumph
Of goodness over evil
It gives props to marriage
And the bond of siblings
42 boycotting Christians
Duped by profiteers
And manufactured outrage
39 days until Christmas
Which suddenly lasts two months
Why not 'til Valentine’s Day?
Buy more gems and candy
Ecumenicism!
Ching ching ching ca-ching
Register bells are ringing
300,000
Veterans are homeless
Now it’s Thanksgiving
Boycott Black Friday
If you’re for “family values”
Shopping isn’t worship
It’s still November
Now it’s December
It's not Christmastime yet
That's the 25th
Through Epiphany
That's not persecution
Hanukkah starts the 6th
A minor festival
Of spiritual over material
More commercialized than Yom Kippur
The holiest day in Judaism
But that's in September
Jews don’t proselytize
For which they deserve credit
Not a pseudo-Christmas
11 Tweeters Tweeting
10 horns a beeping
9 crazies ranting
8 brands a bilking
7 brawls a brimming
6 speakers playing
5 useless things
4 galling words
3 French fries
2 Starbucks cups
And a pointless controversy.

Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings, which traditionally were festive expressions that referred to the upcoming New Year, and which are effective ways to respect many cultural attempts at getting through wintry weather, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All.

Now let's get back to Fall.

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