What is better than Christmas in May! Well, Christmas in December I suppose, but this isn't December!

The writing is good, I didn't stumble over the meter, the tone is pleasing, and of course the message is spot-on. It was a pleasing read, mainly because it read so smoothly. I don't think there was a place that I stumbled over. The occasional half rhymes probably kept the piece from having a too predictable rhyming. Sometimes when free verse poets speak of disliking rhyming poetry, it's that forced, sing-songy rhyme they dislike, but no worries, this poem is not like that.

Yet there is enough of a rhyme scheme here to keep those who like rhyming poetry happy.

A far as your message, well, you remind your readers how wonderful the Christmas season can be, especially when everyone buys into the traditions that you portray here.

It is like taking a trip in the back seat of a sleigh while you and your family visit all your friends and relatives. In that world, grandmother looked at me strange and asked who that "Big Goober" was in the back, but I am used to that, lol.

Silliness aside, it was a lovely poem.