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Happy Holidays from Cullen and Hannah and friend of the pod Katie! This season we controversially stretch the boundaries of our genre to slouch towards Bethlehem with our boy Milo and the team behind Glee and High School Musical. We explore the real war on Christmas, the history of the festive season and even do a seasonal Bible study. (Making Cullen a new favorite of Hannah’s mom) Will our religious upbringing clash with the fun bops of this musical? Will we reignite the wars between Catholics and Protestants? Find out in this seasonal delight of an episode. 

Listen to/Read Katie’s Recommendations 

• Unchurchable 
• A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy 

Please if you can, donate to https://www.chirla.org/ to support safety and justice for immigrant communities. 

Research for this episode:

• The Gospel of Luke 
• The Gospel of Matthew 
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Mary 
• Historicity of the Nativity Narratives - Secular 
•  Historicity of the Nativity Narratives - Christian 
• History of Christmas 
• The Banning of Christmas 
• Cullen Hates to Admit that the history of Augustus, the Three Kings and the Church of the Nativity was primarily from Wikipedia. 

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Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan. 

This episode was edited by Hannah Sylvester.

Cover Art by William Callaghan

Intro Music: "The Quest" by Scott Little.