Carols, church bells, and mangers are still at the heart of mid winter festivities, alongside the consumer binge.

There are many parts of other canonical books as well as many early Christian hymns, prayers, and letters also found among them.

Before and during his time as archbishop, he wrote a number of works on optics, philosophy, and theology, as well as writing hymns.

Christmas morning, where we open up our gifts, where we have special prayers, and where we get to the old upright piano and we would sing carols. It was a very intimate moment.

We re in a church fellowship hall, where a live band plays modern Christian hymns, and the men sing along, followed by lectures and activities, including a lesson literally on how to hug.