At Christmas, I don’t think of frankincense. I ponder ‘Frankenstein’

If Mary Shelley’s powerful legend offers any thoughts for a holy season, they lie in the rituals associated with Advent and Epiphany, not the frantic intervening season of Christmas, which is rarely conducive to reflection. The Frankenstein parable casts its light on the two seasons of renewal – Advent, with its messianic prophecy, and Epiphany, the last of the days of Christmas and a customary time of renewal and resolve.

EDWIN M. YODER OF CHAPEL HILL, THE FORMER EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR FOR THE WASHINGTON STAR AND A WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR EDITORIAL WRITING, IS A CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST.

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