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PRESENTS

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER

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As we approach Christmas, FIRST THINGS authors reflect on the different ways the holiday is celebrated in different parts of the world. Wherever we might be, Christ connects us all.

DECEMBER 2002 ● BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

DAKOTA CHRISTMAS

I can’t describe how much we hated that aspic. It looked like horror-movie gore, and it tasted like tomato-juice Jell-O.

DECEMBER 2021 ● BY FRANCIS YOUNG

THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES

The gaiety of Christmas exposes the empty seat at the table and brings home the true cost of loss.