happy holidays

people judge you
for how you
celebrate Christmas
and criticize
“happy holidays”
instead of
“Merry Christmas”
and as irritating
as this is
in the back
of your head
part of you says
yeah, maybe they’ve got a point
this holiday is sacred
to millions of people
maybe it is important
to them
then
those same people
complain about celebrating Halloween
and you just say
“All holidays matter”

© Buzz Dixon
rt by Arthur Getz