We live in times of uncertainty—of overwhelming uncertainty—where all of us, to some extent, have been forcefully driven to the end of our humanity by a boundless black hole. This black hole has a name: Nihilism. We all live as simulacra, emptied by this black hole that has seamlessly eroded our humanity. Of course, Audrius had never had such a clear vision of it. He had never reached such pinnacles of thought in his considerations about life. “The Spirit of Christmas,” he said in an interview with a local Catholic magazine, “has travelled through the ages carrying the same message. In times like these, it is especially important to come together with those we love.” What he said in the interview was correct, but it was obvious. Painfully obvious. “During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, there was no space for Christmas celebrations. Communist ideology tried to eliminate Christmas because it was a religious holiday incompatible with the Communist vision of society. Yet our people ig...