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 was the inspiration for my Last Janitor series. 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 that in my First Ever Blogpost and my Blogoversary Post. He’s a very good writer, and I read his blog on occasion.

Almost exactly two years ago—two years ago tonight, I believe—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've done in years past, 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!