Washington Irving’s contribution to America’s celebration of Christmas may have been the first blow against the religion of “woke.”
Tag: Christmas
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The Christmas Season Is a Time to Recall the Finitude of Our Days
It is not morbid thinking to remember that Christmas is a call to love one another as we reflect on our mortality.
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The Last Christmas in Bethlehem
Israel’s campaign to rid its neighboring lands of their inhabitants, including Christians, recalls the situation of the first Christmas. Is there a like hope?
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Don’t Let the Grinches Spoil Your Christmas
Three ways you can fortify your home and your heart against those who would spoil the joy of the Christmas season.
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The Last Ugly Biden Christmas
We can be thankful this Christmas knowing it is Jill Biden’s last year to decorate the White House for the holidays.
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Hughes for the Holidays
The holidays are the perfect time to relive the iconic elements of the John Hughes America—a time when the middle-American everyman had the sympathy of our culture.
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‘Mary’: A Beautiful, Realistic Film about the Blessed Mother
Director D. J. Caruso has created a masterful work with a relatable portrayal for faithful and curious audiences alike.
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The Magic of Memory and ‘Holiday Inn’
Today we face a serious bout of historical amnesia, be it in the collective sense or as individuals. We all desperately need some connection to the past. Films like Holiday Inn give us an opportunity to become custodians of Americana.
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Answering Pop Music’s Malaise this Christmas
A culture is characterized by its public rites. Western culture today shows itself most clearly in popular song and what we hear is in need of an antidote.
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Jill Biden’s Vapid Christmas
Unlike the original Nutcracker Suite, which is a Christmas story of good triumphing over the evil of narcissism, the only moral to First Lady Jill Biden’s recently released Christmas video is the triumph of narcissism.
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The Creation of an American Everyman
Frank Capra’s film, Meet John Doe, makes clear—especially as Christmas Day approaches—that man is not the measure of all things. It is only when God’s wisdom is the foundation of man’s being and existence that we can live authentically in both words and deeds.