The year was 1216. We remember the founding of the Dominican Order. The reading is from Charles Wesley, the last two stanzas to his "Hymn for Christmas Day."
The year was 1961. We remember the "Virgin Mother of a Thousand Egyptians," Lillian Trasher. The reading is from Christopher Harvey, a 17th-century poet, his "Nativity."
Can We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church.