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The holy days immediately after Christmas are a curious mix. We start with St. Stephen the Proto-Martyr, the first specifically and explicit...

Both from Frank Baum's The Patchwork Girl of Oz : "The only record I have with me," explained the phonograph, "is one t...

As always, what it says on the tin: dashed off; so take with a grain or two of salt. I'm very behind on these, so this will be a series....

In This Vale of Wretchedness (a traditional St. Stephen's Day carol) Pray for us that we saved be, Protomartyr Stephane In...

A Christmas Song for Three Guilds by G. K. Chesterton TO BE SUNG A LONG TIME AGO -- OR HENCE THE CARPENTERS St. Joseph to the Carpent...

The Truce of Christmas by G. K. Chesterton Passionate peace is in the sky— And in the snow in silver sealed The beasts are perfect in t...

Snow on Pine Outside the window, snow on pine is swiftly falling, forming line along each bough in purest white; the day is dim, the tr...