Peggy Noonan has a nice piece up for the new year celebration: You know exactly when you’ll hear it, and you probably won’t hear it again for a year. The big clock will hit 11:59:50, the countdown will begin—10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4—and the sounds will rise: the party horns, fireworks and shouts [...]

Anthony Esolen: Putting the Christmas back in Christ Today at a local diner I saw a small child, a handsome blond boy of about six years old, playing a funny game with his grandfather and grandmother, wide-eyed and smiling. And I thought, “Jesus was once like that.” But as soon as we see that — [...]

Source Fr. James Martin has been declaring Christmas “lost” for the last few years, and he does so again here on Fox News. I take his point about the over-commercialization of the season, and am very sympathetic toward the idea of “reclaiming” Christmas” for oneself – the season of Advent beautifully gives us the opportunity [...]

Snowflake Photos from SnowCrystals.com In this frigid weather, it’s hard, I know. But there is a way to totally change how you feel about snowflakes, particularly in this last week of Advent. Here’s how.