On the Road Home, Keep Christmas, Lose the Self

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may know John C. Wright as the writer of The Last Straw blog series (which ended back in November). If not, I will tell you first that Wright is a writer on the Right (ha!). He began the Last Crusade movement—I talked about it in my First Ever Blogpost and my recent Blogoversary Post. He’s a very good writer, and I read his blog on occasion.

Almost exactly a year ago—a year ago yesterday, in fact—I read an article of his. Part of it was on his blog, but he also included a link to the rest, posted on a Rightwing site called Dangerous. Just like I’m including a link to his post. Click them both. It will be well worth your while.

http://www.scifiwright.com/2017/12/keeping-christmas-losing-self/

The only point wherein I differ from him is this: our three film versions of A Christmas Carol are the 1970 musical, the 2009 Disney version, and now the recent The Man Who Invented Christmas (though if that’s ineligible, Mickey’s Christmas Carol). I have never yet seen the versions he mentions.

But that’s a matter of individual family tradition, and certainly has little effect on the real point (or overall effect) of the post.

You see, Mr. Wright wrote something truly wonderful. Christmas is a time of pictures and images of elsewhere; a time of homesickness for that elsewhere; a time of selflessness and redemption; a time of mercy and magic and love. All of this is made very clear in Mr. Wright’s article.

This article brought me joy that Christmas. Now, too. And I wanted to let you all read it, just like I did last year, so you can hopefully know that same joy.

“In the place where God was homeless, all men are at home.” ~ G. K. Chesterton.

Merry Christmas, everyone!