“This Incarnation, as it is called, this birth, life, and death of Christ, is the central event of human history and explains it. When we celebrate Christmas, this is what we celebrate, that Christ is true God and true man.”
— Fr. James V. Schall, SJ, The Reason for the Seasons: Why Christians Celebrate What and When They Do
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