Why was Christmas special to G.K. and Frances Chesterton?
Maria Wiering/OSV News | 12.26.2024Section: Features
ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — “The hands that made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of cattle,” G.K. Chesterton wrote in “The Everlasting Man.”
He was speaking, of course, of Jesus in the manger. It’s “a line that should be on a Christmas card,” said Dale Ahlquist, president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. “The whole center of history is when Christ comes to earth, when God becomes a human being. … It’s the Incarnation in a nutshell.”
Devoted fans of Chesterton (1874-1936), a well-known British writer and Catholic convert, marked the 150th anniversary of his birthday in May. He is beloved worldwide for “his great way of turning a phrase,” Ahlquist said. And that’s especially true for his writings about Christmas, which was a special holiday for the writer and his wife, Frances. ...
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