Tag Archives: Christmas
Away in a Manger
When I was a kid, our homemade crèche paled next to the other decorations that filled our home at Christmastime. Here was all this potential for real magic — a story supported and perpetuated by the Church and society — but it just hit … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cultural Leitmotifs, Reflections
Tagged Christmas, crèche, Holiday, Joseph, manger, Mary, nativity
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Four Shopping Days Left
For reasons I don’t quite get myself, I’m drawn to images of Christmas from earlier decades. And, Christmas being such a commercial enterprise, I guess it makes sense that holiday-themed ads would grab my interest as well as any other … Continue reading