My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series.
when something grinchy comes this way
lean banking balances go to naught
where e’re his pitchcraft slop is taught,
and roiling boasts do sour in taste,
when mister shady tweets in haste
a playbook dark intones from old,
writ by souls into darkness sold.
Midas mists and scares rule the day,
when actor bad faith comes this way
but Santa cuts ‘cross the chatter
to remind us of fact and matter,
’bout wishes & manners with real grace,
and that hope yet breathes in this place
as Claus moves beyond space & time,
he winks in wisdom, speaks in rhyme,
“over the land may goodwill go,
something better together grow!”
After finishing my Christmas card, I noticed this article – what’s happening with spending this holiday season.
• LA Times > “Americans are feeling Grinchy …” by Matt K. Lewis (12-19-2025)