In the Fullness of Time

Have you ever tried to imagine winter without Christmas? When I do, the early scene of Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe” always come to mind where Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus. “Always winter, never Christmas” — what a dreadful season that would be!

The Christmas season is the time for gathering with family and friends, overeating at big holiday dinners, decorating trees and windows, hanging lights, watching old Christmas movies, baking gingerbread and cookies, drinking eggn...