Christmas can be whatever we make it
Christmas is what we make it.
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Did you know there was a time when celebrating Christmas was actually illegal stateside? It’s true. Government officials actually worked to stop Christmas celebrations.
Thanksgiving is over, and I did it! I did not say one word about genocide, indigenous peoples, or Day of Mourning. I did not interrupt halftime, get up on my soapbox, and tell people about the massacre of the 600 Pequots on this day of family, friends, and football. Nobody wants to hear about the […]
James Tuttleton on “The Death of Satan: How Americans Have Lost the Sense of Evil” by Andrew Delbanco.
Every year around this time, the town of Salem, MA observes a rather macabre part of their local history as they mark the executions of 14 women and five men, all accused witches, that occurred there over several days in 1692.But decades before Salem began its bloody purge, Dorchester was the site of an apparent "witch" execution.In 1648, eighteen years after Dorchester's