“After-Christmas Returns,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator, Jan. 3, 2025.

Long before little Linus walked onstage with his blue blanket in 1965 to deliver a monologue from the Gospel of…

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Charles Dickens’s landmark publication A Christmas Carol (1843), the story of  Ebenezer Scrooge the miserly misanthrope who is transformed by…

The last light in the nativity scene has been turned on. The room is dimly lit. Blue and yellow sparkles…

Asked in an interview recently to name my favorite Christmas movie, I went through the usual routine of naming several…

On this last episode of The Spectacle Podcast for 2024, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay offer their gratitude and greetings to…

Some years ago, I took a daytime train trip from London north to Edinburgh, Scotland. I particularly enjoyed the journey…