I wrote this post at the same time last year, and it is just as relevant now as it was then. For most of us, Christmas is a time of joy and happiness, however, there is the other side of Christmas too which for some is anything but.

For some Christmas morning

Is just another day

They won’t be eating turkey

And Santa didn’t stop with his sleigh

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The old man, now a widower

Faces the day alone

His children are not bothered with him

They have families of their own

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The young girl who ran away

After years of living a hell

The things her father did to her

Then threatened her not to tell

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The wife who is too frightened

To say a word out-of-place

In case, she annoys her husband

And he punches her in the face

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The hungry little toddler

Whose parents are so poor

They don’t even have the essentials

His bed is a mattress on the floor

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There are people who can help them

To enjoy the festivities

If you want to join in

Then visit one of these websites, please!

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NSPCC Children’s charity

Crisis Homeless charity

Refuge Sufferers of domestic abuse charity

Salvation Army Christian charity supporting vulnerable people

Age UK Supporting the elderly.

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