I'm teaching the minimester and, as I have done for many semesters, next week I will show to my class a scene from a movie that I treasure: The Bells of St. Mary's. The scene is where Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman watch the grade school kids rehearse their Christmas play about the birth of Jesus. It is in B&W and is one of the most precious scenes in cinema. That scene captures what Christmas is and should be about.

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