The News Christmas Morning

Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright. "Here is the 9 O'clock news, Another child has been stabbed Whilst playing with friends." "A migrant boat has sunk in The English Channel there were No survivors." Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at at the sight. "A nurse was stabbed tending A patient in A&E who was high On heroin." "A driver fled the scene of an Accident in which a young mother and child were run over." Silent night holy night! Son of God, love's pure light. "A homeless woman was found Dead in the sub-zero temperature Earlier this morning." "Two pensioners were robbed of Christmas presents bought for their Grandchildren yesterday." Christmas is supposed to be the season of good will, but listening to the news whilst playing the carol Silent Night on my clarinet it seems anything but. What has society become, where did it all go wrong, how do we make it better?