Holidays

Searching for the Wise Men . . . and the Wise Women: A Prayer for the New Year

Growing up in a conventional Catholic home in 1950’s America, I experienced the Christmas manger display as central to the holiday celebration, more so even than Santa Claus and the Christmas tree. Santa–more formally, St. Nicholas–and the tree were both recognized as honored traditions of the season, but the manger scene–set in a straw-covered, stable-like

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