Found this through NarniaWeb. Devin Brown writes about Lewis's belief in sacred merriment rather than religious dreariness or commercialized celebration.
...How can we exult in a world where there is so much to lament? Where can we find joy in a world where hate is strong, as Longfellow has written, and mocks any expression of peace on earth and good will to men? In the “jocund” Psalms—where music, festivity, and agriculture are not things separate from religion, nor is religion something separate from them—Lewis claims, “I find an experience fully God-centered, asking of God no gift more urgently than His presence, the gift of Himself, joyous to the highest degree, and unmistakably real.”Read the full article on the C. S. Lewis Blog.
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