My dear friends, 

A Merry Christmas to you!
Yes, it is indeed that wonderful time of the year once more.
In consideration of the holiday, I've decided to share with you a poem by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

It is this: 

Christmas Greetings

From a Fairy to a Child

Lady dear, if fairies may

For a moment lay aside

Cunning tricks and elfish play,

'Tis at happy Christmas Tide.

We have heard the children say-

Gentle children, whom we love-

Long ago, on Christmas Day,

Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,

They remember it again-

Echo still the joyful sound,

'Peace on earth, good-will to men.'

Yet the hearts must child-like be

Where such heavenly guests abide.

Unto children, in their glee,

All the Christmas-tide

Thus, forgetting tricks and play

For a moment, Lady dear,

We would wish you, if we may,

Merry Christmas, glad New Year.

Lewis Carroll, Christmas, 1887

Remember why it is we have this precious holiday, it is not for gifts nor even family; it's for the Lord our Savior, coming down to us as a baby.
Have a good time with your friends and family, gifting gifts and making memories.

I wish you good writings, and I wish for you the fairy's wish to the child (if I may), "Merry Christmas, glad New Year".

      Yours,

     

                    Edna Pellen