The Best Christmas I Never Had

Daddy told me when I was young

That Christmas is haram.

My mother told me that as a Muslim,

Christmas is not the season to be jolly.

I never understood why

When I was a child;

I saw the turkeys on the TV,

Watched the kids run in the snow,

A Christmas tree with a mistletoe,

And some surprises down below.

I never truly understood why

When I was young

But I do know it now.

My parents were not anti-Christ

But they were just over-reacting.

Pardon my parents 

for their misconception,

They were just doing their job

But I do know the meaning now,

The best Christmas I never had.