Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

Morgenthau. Lucinda Franks is a former staff writer for The New York Times and Lucinda Franks has written for The New Yorker The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic. She lives in New York City with her husband former longtime District Attorney for New York County Robert M.

A graduate of Vassar College class of 1968 Franks discovered that her father had been a secret agent during World War II and wrote a book about it My Father's Secret War: A Memoir in 2007. Lucinda Franks is a former staff writer for The New York Times and Lucinda Franks has written for The New Yorker The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic.