Catholic Culture: Some people say I’m a cynic. But no one can remain a cynic on Christmas Eve. As my early Christmas present to faithful readers, I offer an old column, which originally appeared in the July 2001 issue of Catholic World Report.
This isn’t a Christmas story, except insofar as the climax occurred during the Christmas season. Still it’s appropriate for today. Some identifying details have been changed, but in every important respect this story is true. Full story here.






