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January 2020

January 02, 2020

Because it is still Christmas…

...and I am still therefore giving myself up to revelry and jollification till Twelfth Night,...

December 2019

December 27, 2019

Feast of St. John

There are two ways to read Scripture.  One is to strap on skis and take...

December 26, 2019

Seynt Stevene Was a Clerk

SEYNT Stevene was a clerk in kyng Herowdes halle, And servyd him of bred and...

December 25, 2019

Christ’s Nativity

Awake, glad heart! get up and sing! It is the birth-day of thy King. Awake!...

December 24, 2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The...

December 29, 2018

Responding to Common Skeptical Commentary about the Infancy Narratives

Every Christmas there is a ritual kabuki that Catholics who take the New Testament seriously...

December 26, 2018

A Sonnet for Christmas

by Yr. Obdt. Svt., over at the Catholic Weekly.

December 25, 2018

The House of Christmas by G.K. Chesterton

There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place...

December 20, 2018

Since it’s that time of year again…

Here's an old perennial that responds to another old perennial of the season, the "Everybody...

December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas, all y’all!

Have a glorious Feast of the Incarnation! I will be fairly scarce over the Holidays...

December 31, 2015

And another tale of Christmas cheer from Canada

Inmates in Yellowknife, Fort Smith spread Christmas cheer Offenders shovel seniors' properties, deliver hampers and...

December 31, 2015

Here’s a lovely Christmas Story

A Muslim family goes out for dinner on Christmas Eve in Augusta, Georgia. When the...

December 31, 2015

More Beautiful Christmas Music!

December 26, 2015

Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity

Some beautiful Christmas poetry for a feast that deserves high poetry.

December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas!

For more background on this deeply biblical work and the rest Everett Patterson's work, go...

December 24, 2015

The House of Christmas

There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place...

December 24, 2014

Tolkien for Christmas

The blunder of Evangelical Atheism is not that it thinks Christmas is a fairy tale, but that it...

December 18, 2014

The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time

A Canadian Christmas with David Cronenberg (1986) A Muppet Christmas with Zbigniew Brzezinski (1978) An...

December 13, 2014

Sara Stevens

A reader writes: I came across your blog and wanted to get someone on your...

December 05, 2014

Family, Culture, Holidays

...are under discussion over at the Register.

December 24, 2013

I’m outta here!

Have a wonderful, joy-filled Feast of the Nativity!  I'll be blogging lightly Christmas through New...

December 25, 2012

Alleluia! Christ is Born!

The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary...

December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas to One and All!

Just a final note before the Feast of the Incarnation to say thank you to...

December 21, 2012

The Perennial Santa Question

...is under discussion over at the Register.

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