Ready or not, the new year is here — and with it our annual opportunity to take stock and set goals, with a little help from Pope Francis.

I wanted children to hear the story of the nativity through the eyes of a child, not the experience of an adult. And so the character of Leah began to take flight in my imagination; I wanted my young readers to see the first Christmas through her eyes.

I was one of thousands of disconnected people working in the background, in order to deliver packages that are supposed to make us feel somehow more connected.

This Christmas season brought a new trend: arresting the Grinch.

Our return to an in-person celebration of the birth of Jesus is also an opportunity to think about how we have done Christmas in the past—and perhaps even make some adjustments.

President Joe Biden installed a new touch of his own to the White House: a framed copy of a “Hagar the Horrible” cartoon. In it, Hagar yells to the sky, “Why me?” to which God replies, “Why not?”