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32 The Original War on Christmas

December 23, 2023 • Dustin Williams, Lauren Studley • Episode 32

This time we talk about the history of Christmas, the original War on Christmas, the Methodist schism, and how Hamas got elected.

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The original War on Christmas

Banning Christmas https://www.history.com/news/when-massachusetts-banned-christmas
History of modern Christmas https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas

News

Methodist Schism is nearly complete https://religionnews.com/2023/12/15/one-fourth-of-united-methodist-churches-in-us-have-left-in-schism-over-lgbtq-ban-what-happens-now/

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