Bringing you Christmas traditions, customs and fun! Hosted by Steve Webb and James Cooper.
We travel to the Netherlands today to learn how to say Merry Christmas in Dutch. We learn about where the name “Santa Claus” comes from, too, plus lots of other customs from Holland.
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Today we’re taking a Mediterranean Cruise from Protugal over to Greece! Find out how to say Merry Christmas in one of the oldest languages on the planet and a bit about a Greek Christmas.
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Portuguese is the language of the day, and we see the similarities between Portugal’s traditional Christmas celebrations and your host, Steve Webb’s family celebration. Though there is no Portuguese or Brazilian heritage in the family, the way Christmas is celebrated has some striking resemblances!
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On today’s show, James Cooper tries to get his tonsils around four different ways of saying Happy Christmas and all from India – Hindi & Urdu, Sanskrit, Bengali and Tamil! And we’ll also find out a bit more about Christmas in India.
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On today’s show, we have a listener who tells us how to say “Merry Christmas” in Chinese, so host Steve Webb uses the opportunity to talk about how Christmas is celebrated in China. Part of the discussion of China was specifically about Hong Kong celebrations, which also include a six week long celebration called Winterfest….
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Welcome to the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show for 2008! This is the third year for this Christmas podcast. If you’re a regular Lifespring! listener you might have heard the Christmas member of the Lifespring! family for the last couple of years! If this is your first time listening to the LIfespring! Why Christmas Show or…
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The blessed day has arrived! Jesus, the Messiah, the King of kings and Lord of lords, God with us, is today born in the town of Bethlehem! Links: Gabe Taviano, of the God’s Mac Podcast read the scripture today. Mario Ajero played “Away In A Manger.” The Swingle Singers sang “The Christmas Song.” The Swingle…
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Christmas is many things to many people, beyond the main reason for the season, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, which we’ve spent several episodes talking about, and which tomorrow’s show will certainly be focused upon. For much of the world, Christmas is a common touchstone for us, the one day of the year…
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Today we’ll be finding out about the presents that Jesus received as a baby and the people that gave them to him, the wise men or magi. Their story is told in the Book of Matthew, chapter 2. Today’s Music Tommy Harden “We Three Kings” from “Peace On Earth”
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Our carol today is “What Child Is This.” This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste, to bring Him laud, The Babe, the Son of Mary. What words of triumph and joy! Despite the melancholic melody, this song is a song of celebration of the birth of the King…
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