Christmas: Offering Hope Even Within the Mundane World

The holiday is bound up with hope for a better future, and hope allows us to thrive.
Christmas: Offering Hope Even Within the Mundane World
A detail from “Madonna of the Grand Duke,” between 1506 and 1507, by Raphael. Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy. Public Domain
James Sale
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Two years ago, I wrote my most popular story yet for The Epoch Times, “The Real Meaning of Christmas.” Likely, it wasn’t the quality of my writing that made it popular, but simply its topic: Christmas!

As I said near the end of that piece, “We don’t need to be a Christian to realize that this is something special; an atheist, too, can appreciate that this is an extraordinary story that warms the heart.” This remains true, and just as true is the fact that once again, Christmas is nearly upon us!

James Sale
James Sale
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James Sale has had over 50 books published, most recently, “Mapping Motivation for Top Performing Teams” (Routledge, 2021). He has been nominated for the 2022 poetry Pushcart Prize, and won first prize in The Society of Classical Poets 2017 annual competition, performing in New York in 2019. His most recent poetry collection is “StairWell.” For more information about the author, and about his Dante project, visit EnglishCantos.home.blog