Massachusetts

Com­plaints in regards to the com­mer­cial-age cor­rup­tion of Christ­mas miss one crit­i­cal truth: as a mass pub­lic cel­e­bra­tion, the hol­i­day is a somewhat current inven­tion. Whether or not we cred­it Charles Dick­ens, Bing Cros­by, or Frank Capra—males not against advertising and marketing—we should reck­on with Christ­mas as a prod­uct of moder­ni­ty. That features the sacred…