Christmas

A GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST FROM HANOI, 1958

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A ghost from Christmas past! That was my first thought upon laying eyes on the document. I was visiting Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, and I happened on a memo that recounted a dramatic confrontation at the Hanoi cathdral, North Vietnam, on Christmas Eve over sixty years ago. Let me back up a little […]

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WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS MEAN TO A VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST REFUGEE?

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“Vietnamese people love Christmas!” That’s what I usually say when someone asks me whether I celebrate the holiday, and I try to explain why I am both a lifelong Buddhist and a Christmas enthusiast. But the real answer is a little more complicated. I was a baby when my family came to the US as

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