Daily Archives: 24/12/2010

Christmas Eve down the mine pit, December 24, 1954

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Reverend R.N. Timms (r), and Reverend G. Hunt, the local Methodist Minister (l), hold a Christmas carol service for miners 200 feet below ground at the Furnace Pit, Lower Gornal in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK. Picture from here.

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Christmas with Santa in Stratford, Ontario, December 16, 1960

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It’s not hard to figure out what message Santa is conveying to Matthew Berger, who, it turns out, will be two years old the day after this picture is taken, December 16, 1960. It is, perhaps, Santa’s best-known directive.  The … Continue reading →

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Edward Feser’s philosophical meditation on the meaning of Christmas

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Putting the Cross back into Christmas Reason tells us to trust in God, but reason is cold, and falters in the face of a dying child.  Yes, we are rational animals.  But we are rational animals – creatures of flesh and … Continue reading →

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Alfred Delp, Christian martyr, on Christmas

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‘Christmas has always been subject to many misunderstandings.  Superficialities, taking refuge in familiarity, idyllic playing around with Nativity scenes, and so forth, have displaced our view from the tremendous event this holy day represents . . . One must take … Continue reading →

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Well, that didn’t last long: Lincoln Tunnel atheist sign replaced by Christian one

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No doubt when Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Terry Sanderson and their Westboro Baptist Secular Society clones hear about this, they’ll get all apoplectic with rage for about the twentieth time today: ‘God is’ billboard replaces controversial Lincoln Tunnel atheist billboard

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Like Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists today, Hitler wanted to take Christ out of Christmas

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Just like Richard Dawkins, Terry Sanderson and his tiny troupe of militant secularists, and the New Atheists in general, the Nazis wanted to take Christ out of Christmas: Hitler’s Christmas party: Rare photographs capture leading Nazis celebrating in 1941 The Nazi Christmas … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘Landslide’ by Desmond Bagley, a thriller set in British Columbia, Canada

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‘Landslide’ by Desmond Bagley, Collins, 1967 This is very much a “one man against the big company” type of thriller, which seems to have gone out of fashion nowadays.  Contemporary tastes tend more towards “one man (and female sidekick) against the … Continue reading →

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