A Quarter Century Christmas

Kylie van Dam

2025

2025, what a time to be alive,

We’ve all seen the news.

And ‘though the news itself can be a grubby little thing,

What it has to work with, what it has to bring us

Does my head in,

Does my head in.

Not so long ago we would have said

‘don’t worry, 2026 will be the year we fix it’.

But with all this conflict, all this pain,

All this history,

It does my head in,

Does my head in.

And now it’s Christmas time.

What to do with Christmas time?

Love grows in giving.

Love grows in sharing.

And love grows in rest,

Love grows in play.

Faith grows in giving.

Faith grows in sharing.

And faith grows in rest,

Faith grows in play.

These are the gifts,

The gifts of Christmas Day.

Compassion, empathy

Are as human as can be

But we’ve seen the news.

And though people day and night

Are working hard to counteract,

The fact that facts mean nothing

And actors choose to act

Does my head in,

Does my head in.

Our faith in humankind is being tested

By the kinds of human…

In love with shock and awe,

Guns and golden towers,

Cynical abusers of

Fear and vested power

And it does my head in,

Does my head in.

And now it’s Christmas time.

What to do with Christmas time?

Love grows in giving.

Love grows in sharing.

And love grows in rest,

Love grows in play.

Faith grows in giving.

Faith grows in sharing.

And faith grows in rest,

Faith grows in play.

These are the gifts,

The gifts of Christmas Day.

To remember our shared humanity.

To remember our faith in humanity.

To remember our own humanity…

On Christmas Day.