Yes, we should prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” because it is more ... regain its meaning if we live the reality and not just the words. “The Word was made flesh and dwelt ...

In many countries, Easter is still the day of days. But in America, we're all about Christmas -- divested, mostly, of its religious trappings.

It's not news that Christmas has become commercialized. The question is, why Christmas, so much more than Easter — the central holiday of the religion? All four gospels have the resurrection story.