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Why are there Dead Birds on Victorian Christmas Cards?

Posted in Atheism, Agnostic, Doubt, history, Atheist, animals, christian, holiday, holidays, charles dickens, history of christmas, christmas, charity, christmas time, documentary, Christmastide, England on Dec 31st, 2018 Comments

A belated Christmas special...

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Ep 42 - Christmas: A brief History

Posted in DefaultTag, Religion, history, christianity, mythology, christmas tree, yule log, paganism, tuletide, germany, northern europe, charles dickens, odin, rudolph, santa, sinterklass, history of christmas on Dec 24th, 2012 Comments

I know I'm cutting it close, but finally here's the Christmas special! As I type this we're 18 minutes away from Christmas 2012. I put a lot of work into this one, so I hope you enjoy it. There's no Atheist preaching in this episode. This one's for everyone.

As always...thanks for listening!