5 Favorite Christmas Movies and the Hope of Renewal and Redemption

5 Favorite Christmas Movies and the Hope of Renewal and Redemption
Child actor Karolyn Grimes on the back of Jimmy Stewart, in a scene from the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Paramount Home Entertainment via AP
Mark Hendrickson
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As we approach the end of another jarring year, we come to two traditional holidays spaced just one week apart—Christmas and New Year’s. One is sacred and one is secular, but they have in common one very important theme: renewal, a fresh start, the hope that life will look brighter going forward.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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