For a convert, Christmas is necessarily an ecumenical affair. My husband and I illustrated this well this year as we traveled around the country exchanging Christmas greetings with our various relations, among whom there are: lots of Mormons and Pentecostals, an Orthodox, an atheist, lapsed Lutherans and Baptists, and two members of the “I AM” faith, as well as a few odd individuals who would probably check “undecided” if asked on a survey to identify their faith. Among this crew there is also one (somewhat lapsed) Catholic, though unfortunately we didn’t get to see him this year. God bless America.

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