Christmas In Your Face
You shove Christmas
Down my throat
Year after year
All those stupid Santa songs
You force me to hear
You claim it’s not Christian
As your lame excuse
For making it public
For breaking all the rules
Of no preference of religion
In our diverse nation
So you can take my tax money
To put up decorations
That you call “holiday”
As if it’s all inclusive
Just a PR campaign
Giving you excuses
To make this a Christian nation
Despite the constitution
Providing freedom from
As well as freedom of religion
Then you deny it all
Say it’s a secular celebration
With Pagan roots
From the Nordic nations
Yes Christianity co-opted that
As part of religious conquest
Familiar images front and center
Encouraging natives to acquiesce
To the brutal takeover
Of religious cultures and traditions
Across the world and
Throughout the nations
So not only is Christmas Christian
It’s a reminder of the Inquisition
Of the genocide and imposition
Of the Christian spirit of one way
And it’s in my face every day
Not only in December
Because one month is not enough
To force the surrender
Of non-Christians among us
No it starts in October
Even before Halloween
Christmas trees Christmas music
Quite frankly it’s obscene
Three months to publicly celebrate
A holiday that’s one day
While Jews and Muslims can’t even get
One day off of work to pray
It’s a slap in the face
Not a celebration
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