Christmas and Its Forgotten Message, by Donald DeMarco

By Donald DeMarco, Catholic Exchange, December 26, 2023

Donald DeMarco Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow of Human Life International. He is professor emeritus at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario, an adjunct professor at Holy Apostles College in Cromwell, Connecticut, and a regular columnist for St. Austin Review.

COMMENTARY: A special birth with a special message

It is only too common for people to view Christmas as a social experience rather than understand it as a historical event. Thus, Christmas is a time for Christmas music, Christmas parties, Christmas trees and Christmas gifts.

It is a wonderful time enriched by food, friendship, fellowship and festivities. All this is, indeed, very good, but, unfortunately, it misses the mark. Often lost in the merriment of Christmas celebrations is the historical fact that a Baby was born to a poor couple in a manger that they shared not with other human beings, but with animals. It was a special birth conveying a special message. …