"Christmas is the matrix of our culture and our civilization"

Sanitary order seals are affixed to the doors of our theaters, cinemas and museums.

Is it fair to relegate culture to the non-essential goods?

Isn't it essential for a human life worthy of the name to grow within a culture?

The government cannot ignore the political stakes of the question and also seems to want to preserve culture through a gesture that could be inspired.

By choosing to sacrifice the large bamboche of New Year's Eve for the benefit of the family Christmas vigil, the Prime Minister affirms the founding place of the Nativity in our civilization.

He lights a star in the night.

By celebrating the birth of a God who is embodied in human nature, Christmas Eve celebrates the very possibility of all culture.

Indeed, as Alain Finkielkraut writes,

"culture is the creation of a common space between the living and the dead".

Let us go further, it is the creation of a common space between God and man;

therefore between

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