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  • Don’t Let the Grinches Steal Your Christmas

    Don’t Let the Grinches Steal Your Christmas2

    This Christmas season, the grinches are staying busy as usual. There’s the usual crew who annually devote themselves to debunking the season, flailing away at everything from a babe born in a manger to the season’s extravagant buying and selling to taking offense when someone says, “Merry Christmas!” In Iowa, Satanists have honed in on

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  • The Importance of Being Jolly

    The Importance of Being Jolly1

    In the common parlance of modern America, the word “jolly” has fallen distinctly out of use. While words like “fun” and “happy” abound in everyday conversation, “jolly” is, in the minds of many, inexorably tied to Christmas. Traditional carols have kept the word alive in reference to the festivities of this season; one would be

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  • 7 Timeless Picture Books for the Christmas Season

    7 Timeless Picture Books for the Christmas Season0

    “Aletheia!” A 7-year-old girl grabs my hands and pulls me through the playing kids toward my church’s stash of books. “Will you read us a story?” The kids at my church enjoy picture books year-round, but—during the holiday season—the stories begin to revolve distinctly around Christmas. Several of these stories are ones I enjoyed when

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