CHRISTMAS IS WALNUTS

Christmas is WALnuts—

Walnuts for the fruitcake

Walnuts for the fudge

Walnuts for all the give-away

Eat-the-crumbs cookies

Walnuts for the date-rich candies

Sugared walnuts,

Snow-crusted, sweet…

And WALNUTS

Cracked, shelled and sorted,

Finely chopped or chunky,

Walnuts so nakedly delicious.

Then on Christmas morning

My own walnuts

To hoard

To crack by myself

For me

Just to eat

Mine

All mine

Snuggled in the toe

Of the stocking

Hung with so much care

The night before.

Christmas?

Oh,

Christmas is WALnuts!