H.L. Mencken was a journalist in the early 20th century whose satirical wit and anti-christian rhetoric gained him everlasting fame. So, I was surprised to learn that he wrote a story about Christmas. Working as a journalist in Baltimore, he was witness to an attempt by “freethinkers” (atheists, agnostics, skeptics, etc) to provide a Christmas feast for the homeless that would outshine similar efforts by Christians. The goal was to prove that religion isn’t needed to be a morally good person. But the entire thing backfired spectacularly.

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