Welcome to another Monday Meal for Nov. 29, 2021 AD. Given our recent holiday this past week, I want to read an article on thankfulness. This is something I wrote for my Classical Literature students called, “Even the Pagans Knew Complaining Was Wrong.” Enjoy!
Even the Pagans knew Complaining Was Wrong
Monday Meal for Nov. 29
November 29, 2021 • Devin O'Donnell
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Part II of G. K. Chesterton on Christmas
December 13, 2021 • Kenwyn Trotter, Devin O'Donnell
This week we will consider the second part of an essay by G.K. Chesterton on celebrating Christmas. Chesterton makes the point that although there is indeed a cost to the joyous celebration of Christmas—the purchase of large amounts of food, the preparations for a proper feast, the travel to another's house, the mess of having people in your house—the cost is worth it. It's the point of a festivity. Celebrating divine things elevates man to his proper place, above the animals, yet just a little lower than the angels, and "crowned with glory and honor." Kenwyn Trotter reads Part II of G.K. Chesterton on Christmas.