“Christmas” Articles

In these seasons of Advent and Christmas especially, history points to a church whose worship is particularly political.

Timeline is easy to learn, quick to play, and satisfies the human love of trivia.

Those who are lonely during this season don’t need to be mocked or called out or even lightly teased for their viewing habits.

The point is, it’s Christmas (or actually Advent, but since no one seems to understand the difference between Christmas and Advent, whatevs, call it Christmas if you want, sure)!

Erin and Hannah talk how we can pigeonhole ourselves into a “naughty” category during the holidays while forgetting our freedom from sin.

Sufjan Stevens invites us to raise the mirror this Christmas and laugh to ourselves in all our absurdity: “I’m the Christmas unicorn . . . you’re the Christmas unicorn.”

Erin and Hannah invite Gina Dalfonzo to detail the ways that we all can be more mindful about how we think about and treat those who are not married.

We all long to be awed and to believe in something beyond ourselves.

This Christmas, let’s step back and consider what we are inviting the world to observe.

It’s not a religious event, per se, but it buoys my spirit to love and be loved, to place myself within a tradition of ever-present love.

As I contemplate the end of the The Great British Bake Off as I know it and its intersection with the end of Christmas, I can’t help but think about the challenge of the Nativity.

It’s easy to either succumb to the commercialization of the season or become overly protective—and pushy—about the Christian aspects of the holiday.

Christmas feels more like Christmas when Mannheim Steamroller is playing.

If Christmas means anything, Low seems to be saying, it has to begin by being honest about the heartache all around us.

We can work ourselves to the bone trying to make this season meaningful, thereby leaching it of all its meaning.

Although we assume December should be full of all things merry and bright, the grief that stole Christmas Joy for so many can be found throughout the season. Nancy Guthrie joined Erin and Hannah to talk about it.