Merry Cristes Maesse! Our 2nd Christmas special features 2 more live guests + 5 festive historical wonders who changed Christmas for the... well for that whatever you think of it now. This episode: - Xmas Xpert JAMES COOPER from WhyChristmas.com- My 3yr old DAUGHTER playing Father Christmas plus tales of these festives ledges:- ST NICK and his 5:2 plan- WASHINGTON IRVING, the man behind Gotham City, knickers and the modern Christmas- CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, poet and champion of what to do when you've left it too late for a present- BISHOP BENSON, inventor of Nine Lessons & Carols and a classic Christmas ghost story- ROLAND HUSSEY MACY: Mr Macy's. Well Mr Macy. Paul's Christmas book is Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171Paul's Yule blog is www.kneeldownstandup.wordpress.comJames' Christmas site is www.whychristmas.com Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.ukMusic by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclubRate us on iTunes + share us around - thanks, and Merrrrrrry Christmas!
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