"Keeping Christmas" is a short prose meditation by Henry van Dyke that asks a quietly urgent question: what does it really mean to observe Christmas beyond the marking of a day? Through a series of searching questions, the piece challenges readers to shift their gaze from what the world owes them to what they owe the world — to consider the hungry hearts behind familiar faces, the loneliness of the aging, and the unspoken needs of those closest to us. Van Dyke builds toward a final, spare conclusion that lingers long after the last line.

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