America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

People might say 'oh its too dark and scary' for children but you could say that about 'Nightmare before Christmas' also. People say their dog even liked watching 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. So this is for animals, children, whoever.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other

The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.

Some in the Vatican like Zen very much for his willingness to stand up to the Chinese on religious freedom issues, others worry that he will disrupt Vatican diplomatic efforts to establish formal relations with Beijing.