Trumpov’s return to power and his election for a second time should have vanquished naïve beliefs in the fundamental decency of the American people and the eternal nature of American democracy.

The menorah represented eternal light and divine presence in the ancient temple, and Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of a single day’s oil lasting eight.

Kim uses lady bugs as berries to symbolize good fortune, the wreaths to symbolize eternal unity and the candles to symbolize light in darkness.

My naïveté springs from the eternal hope brought to us by the Christmas season.

This is the eternal utility of all Christmas action movies – their acknowledgment that the sparkly and mercilessly upbeat mood engulfing the season is artificial.