Hallmark movies are inherently a part of the Christmas season and remind viewers over and over that it’s possible to find love after grief.

Each year we lose or break a figure in our Nativity scene, but the beauty of this family tradition lies in its brokenness.

I don’t imagine sheep making funny faces while being too shy to “baa” on that very first Christmas, but it’s the imperfections in our retelling of the very human story of Christ’s birth that make our play so perfect.

Released in 2003, “Tokyo Godfathers” is definitely the most unconventional Christmas movie I’m covering this month.

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, by Father Terrance Klein