Recent Religious Covers in the December National Geographic Issues

[George Thomas Wilson]

 Recent Religious Covers

in the December National Geographic Issues

For five years, from 2015 through 2019, the National Geographic has had religious-themed cover art on the December issue - just in time for Christmas.  That streak was broken when the cover of the December 2020 issue was about the Great Lakes.  Here is a list of those holiday issues, with photos of the Covers.

2015

Photo courtesy of Philip Riviere

Cover article is about Mary, mother of Jesus; with a tie-in to a show on Nat Geo.

2016

Photo courtesy of Philip Riviere

The article is about the healing powers of faith and uses a religious cover to convey that thought.

2017

Photo courtesy of Philip Riviere

The cover article is about the "Historic" Jesus - what little we know.

2018

The article is not just about the Bible, but the Torah and Koran as well - their history and their evolution.

2019

The cover article is about recent archeological finds beneath the ancient city of Jerusalem.

Merry Christmas,

Tom Wilson

[Scott T. Shier]

Yeah, once this started happening a few years in a row, I had thoughts of the NGM issues from the 40's + 50's that had "Holy Land" articles and map supplements in December issues . . .