Bringing you Christmas traditions, customs and fun! Hosted by Steve Webb and James Cooper.
Transcript Introduction Hello and welcome to the 2022 encore of the 2009 season of the beloved Lifespring Why Christmas show hosted by the Christmas expert, James Cooper, creator of perhaps the largest source of Christmas facts on the internet, WhyChristmas.com, and me Steve Webb, the OG Godcaster. I’ve been podcasting since 2004, and thought that…
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Transcript Encore! Steve Webb and James Cooper are back (sort of) this year with an encore performance of the 2009 season of this fun, much-loved Christmas podcast. Steve is the O.G. Godcaster who has hosted over 3,000 podcast episodes, and James Cooper is the creator of whychristmas?com, one of the biggest (and best!) Christmas information…
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Here is the complete version of the special edition of the Christmas Story recorded especially for the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show and whychristmas.com A HUGE thank you to everyone who’s taken part in the recording. Steve and James are very grateful! The Christmas Story Cast Gabriel: Anthony Getting – http://gettig.net Mary: Karmyn Tyler – http://karmyntyler.com…
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From the 2007 Lifespring! WhyChristmas series: Today, James and Steve talk about how Mary and Joseph, her betrothed, found out that she would bear a son, even though she had never been with a man, and that this son would be the Savior of the world!
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From the 2007 Lifespring! WhyChristmas series… Today, we’re going to hear the story behind the beautiful Christmas carol, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” Written in 1849 by Edmund Hamilton Sears, a Unitarian minister, this was the second of two “twin” carols. (Listen to the show for more.) Lyrics “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”…
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Welcome To The Show Merry Christmas! Or Happy Christmas to those in the U.K. and others who prefer “Happy” over “Merry”! The Lifespring! Why Christmas show has become a bit of a tradition for many people over the years, and this year, Steve and James decided to replay the Lifespring! Why Christmas shows from 2007….
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Merry Christmas! On today’s Christmas Day edition of the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show, James & Steve will will be sharing some Christmas greetings and there’s a chance to hear a very special version of the Christmas Story which was recorded for the show a few years ago. And of course we’ll have some top Christmas…
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Steve’s back with another Lifespring! Why Christmas Show! This time he’ll be finding out about the history of Christmas Carols (although he won’t be singing any – honest!) Instead, they’ll be three Christmas Carols – but not necessarily how you know them! Find out more about Christmas Carols on whychristmas.com Sing some Christmas Karaoke on James’s site tistheseasonto.be…
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On the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show today, James finds out about Christmas Trees. And there’s four more Christmas songs! Find out more about Christmas Trees on whychristmas.com The music in the today’s show: The Waikikis – O Tannenbaum Bryan Duncan – Winter Wonderland Over the Rhine – Snowed In With You | NoiseTrade The World’s Greatest Jazzband – Deck The…
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On this edition of the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show, Steve will be explaining just why we send bits of paper to each other in December with the history of Christmas Cards! An there’s some more great Christmas tunes. Find out more about Christmas Cards on whychristmas.com The music in the today’s show: Jeremy and Kimberly…
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