"Christmas at home meant family time and prayer and visits to the crèche at the parish church, where one day he would serve as an altar boy at midnight Mass. But not now. Now, he and his siblings are upstairs, tucked into their beds.
"His dad and uncle have been out picking over what is left on the Christmas tree lots. They will buy two or three and drill holes in the best one, using branches from the others to fill in the bare spots, constructing the perfect tree from imperfection."
A recent Boston Globe column profiled Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, and his Christmas experience over the years, as well as his Christmas message of hope.
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