Christmas *Poem* 4

Following in the footsteps of *poems* 1, 2, & 3, here is the final iteration in this grouping:

Christmas 4

If Christmas does nothing else
it provides us with a reason
to express to those who are closest
how much they truly mean
it may be in word or in deed
it's not necessarily 'bout
the biggest box under the tree
Not that there is anything wrong
with shiny paper and pretty bows
they help stir our emotions
but those feelings, much like the contents
are temporal by nature
friendship and family last a lifetime
and provide for us the cause
to celebrate the most wondrous season