24 Dec 06 Merry Christmas

I want to buy into the benevolence,
and I was hoping for a miracle
to hold me, wash me,
make me know what it’s about
as the longing in me
makes me want to sing:
Noel, or Navidad,
season’s celebration or
just the end of the year —
Christmas can mean anything,
and I mean to keep
its hope forever near.

— John Popper of Blues Traveler
“Christmas,” A Very Special Christmas 3