The urban illuminati imagine friends can simply replace family during Yuletide, but there’s no place like home for the holidays.

Modern feminists have waged war against motherhood and family life for more than 60 years.

They’ve stigmatized wives and mothers as oppressed, bored women leading meaningless lives of self-annihilation, celebrating choice as the ultimate virtue.

They promised “transcendence” and “self-actualization” versus the “slow assassination of a dull marriage,” as Simone de Beauvoir put it in her 1949 book “The Second Sex.”

They’ve successfully convinced women life satisfaction is achieved by decoupling biology from purpose and meaning.

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Social media and entertainment reinforce the lie that careers rather than children and family are the fountainhead of worth and happiness. Especially among liberal women.

Getting married and having children is almost at the bottom of a list of priorities for young women (18- to 29-year-olds) who voted for Kamala Harris, an NBC poll found.

Nearly half of young female singles believe single women are happier than married women, while only 32% of them think marriage and children lead to fuller, happier lives.

No wonder liberal women marry and procreate at much lower rates and later than conservatives—and the gap is growing.

But liberal women aren’t alone. Even more conservative women who voted for President Trump list “achieving financial independence” as their top definer of success.

Having children ranked lower than “having enough money to do the things you want to do,” and “being married” ranked in the lower third in NBC’s survey.

Stigma masquerading as choice is amplified in the modern world. Left-leaning media messengers celebrate the single girl.

They applaud women who have the so-called courage to divorce and seek freedom from their slave-driving, worthless husbands.

Single women without kids get rich, according to Bloomberg. They are “so happy,” Psychology Today declares.

“Miserable” married women envy the freedom and fulfillment of their unencumbered counterparts, The New York Times says.

Women are divorcing, per The Washington Post, “and finally finding happiness.”

TikTokers provide a multitude of reasons not to get married and not to have children. Atlantic writer Mandy Len Catron argues marriage weakens other social ties.

The most recent data do not support these claims.

Married women with children are not only happier and more fulfilled than single women but healthier and richer.

Nearly half of them find life enjoyable, an Institute for Family Studies report found, while only 34% of unmarried women do.

About 20% of married women with children report being “very happy,” while half as many unmarried women without children feel the same.

The latter are lonelier, twice as likely to be depressed and much less likely to find their lives fulfilling.

Married mothers also live about three years longer, on average, than their unmarried and childless counterparts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

This may be related to certain health benefits of having children. Breastfeeding reduces risks of breast and ovarian cancers substantially.

Studies consistently show married mothers have fewer close friends than their unmarried and childless counterparts, presumably because they spend more time with their children and husbands.

But while social networks may shrink, relationships with family and children are deeper and more likely to endure over time.

Married women have much larger incomes than single ones, with more than $350,000 in assets when they reach their 50s. Unmarried women on average have less than $15,000.

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All these benefits—improved health, more money, lasting bonds—are apparent during the holiday season, when family makes all the difference.

While single liberal women go “no contact” with their Trump-supporting parents, married women understand no politician is worth destroying the bonds of familial love.

A large Thanksgiving table filled with family trumps a Friendsgiving with people who may drop you like a hot potato at the slightest disagreement, political or otherwise.

Christmas comes to life with children. Nothing compares with watching a child’s or grandchild’s face light up at the thought of leaving Santa cookies or unwrapping the smallest gift.

Liberal women can protest they’d rather spend their money on themselves, but as Christ reminds us, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

As we approach the celebration of his birth, women across the board should remember one of His most valuable teachings.