Gene Seymour compares Dolly Parton’s healing touch in 2020’s twisted holiday season to the hope the Apollo 8 astronauts sowed at Christmas at the end of a turbulent 1968. Parton goes further, says Seymour, because her artistic brilliance and philanthropy both show that her mission is, as it has always been, to shine and share a light wherever there is darkness.

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