Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas

Christopher Hitchens on why the Puritans found the holiday suspect—and we should, too

Mr. Hitchens, who died on Dec. 15, was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of “Hitch-22: A Memoir” and “Arguably,” a collection of his essays. This is a previously unpublished essay commissioned by the Journal, an abridged version of which appears in the print edition of the Review section.

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