Tag: Meaning of Christmas
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What Christmas is All About
Author Martin Cothran, opens a piece he wrote for Intellectual Takeout, Charles Schultz’s Pushback Against Secularism, with these words: We often think of the secularization of Christmas as a very recent thing. But its origins go back to the nineteenth century with the writing of “The Night Before Christmas,” and the Thomas Nast version of…
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Advent Conspiracy
For many Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving – marks opening day for an exciting month long contact sport – shopping! For many others it is just one more cause for anxiety. In the midst of the seasonal hubbub, take a moment to watch this short video from the Advent Conspiracy. Share the joy…
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The Meaning of Christmas
This is still one of the best explanations of the meaning of Christmas anyone can hear. Thank you, Linus! (And Thank you, Charles Schultz!)
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The Christmas Distraction
Jared Wilson counsels: There is a great danger this Christmas season of missing the point. And I’m not referring simply to idolatrous consumption and materialism. I’m talking about Christmas religiosity. It is very easy around this time to set up our Nativity scenes, host our Christmas pageants and cantatas, read the Christmas story with our…
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That’s Christmas
The resounding cry of this season seems to be: “Remember what Christmas is about.” I think I’ve heard people say that, and seen people write and post that, and similar sentiments, more this year than ever before. At least, I am aware of it more this year. And I concur. The above video, from the UK, takes us through the wide range…
