Born in December

 “Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate” 

-G.K. Chesterton

Purloined from a missive that appeared in my mailbox this Christmas morning, courtesy the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. 

Oh, and this too, from the aforelinked site:

“The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.”
– “On Christmas,” Generally Speaking