Preparing for Christmas
People are preparing for the Christmas season around the globe: fridges are being stocked, presents bought, lights strung up, and rooms prepared to receive family and friends. How do you […]
Tag Archives: holidays
“Why can’t people wait for Christmas?”
While shopping today, my three-year-old pointed to a Christmas tree and asked, “why can’t people wait for Christmas”? She didn’t ask it critically but out of curiosity, interrogating the expression […]
Mix-and-Match Hope
Another Advent season is upon us, and with it come the predictable laments about the crass commercialism and overconsumption of the season. These laments are (mostly) good and appropriate and, […]
