Image Credit: Dikushin Dmitry / Shutterstock. What really defines Christmas? Is it Santa? The big family meal? Festivities and colorful lights? Another reason to splurge on shopping and gifting? It ...

Perhaps some of the worst people to explain the real meaning of Christmas are those who claim to believe in its central message, but have trouble communicating it. Like the secularists, they try to ...

Long before little Linus walked onstage with his blue blanket in 1965 to deliver a monologue from the Gospel of St. Luke, another television show answered that question burning in the hearts of men ...

A blanket of white covers the ground here in the EUP. The nights are cold. The days are short. The sun might appear for a few hours, or it might remain hidden behind snow clouds, but one thing is ...

This December marks the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, a half-hour television special that did something almost unheard of in American pop culture, both then and now. In the middle of ...

CHRISTMAS is at the heart of the Church’s liturgical life today but long ago, there was a time when Epiphany held precedence. Epiphany was a catch-all feast in the early Church, which honoured all the ...

Love it or hate it, the “The 12 Days of Christmas” is a staple tune of, well, Christmas. Singing it over and over again, or perhaps yucking it up to a popular parody, is one of many favorite Christmas ...

Each year as we progress through the Christmas season and move closer to the afterlife, we focus more on the meaning of Christmas. Christmas has become a national celebration and holiday accompanied ...

Over the years, many people have had their sentiments concerning Christmas captured for posterity. Here are a few examples. Norman Vincent Peale wrote, “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, ...