Christmas in America: Faith, Family, Charity

Christmas in America: Faith, Family, Charity

While Christmas is often a time for families, it is also a time of giving and generousity. Nowhere is that more true than in the United States of America where, while it seems as though commercialization lets no stone go unturned, Americans continue to be the most charitable people in the world.

Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute has done extensive research on charitable giving and calculated that Americans are by far the most charitable people in the world.

No developed country approaches American giving. For example, in 1995 (the most recent year for which...