‘Christmas is for loving people’

In a new heartfelt and very personal essay for Our Sunday Visitor, author and mother Diana Vallette writes that, in the past, she would cry on Christmas because, as she put it, “the stress of the holidays has built up inside me

Join in pilgrimage this Advent and Christmas

Gretchen Crowe writes that “Advent is just around the corner, and with its arrival comes the return of one of my favorite new traditions. No, it’s not setting up the Nativity scene with the kids, or hanging the Jesse tree — though

How (and why) to start your Christmas shopping now

Editorial director for periodicals Gretchen Crowe shares a fact about herself: Planning ahead is not one of her natural fortés. This especially applies to Christmas shopping. But after reading recommendations to begin her Christmas shopping earlier this year due to shipping delays

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