Today on the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show, James will share the story of how St Nicholas became known as Santa Claus! And today’s Christmas tunes all have a Santa theme to them. Find out more about Santa’s history on whychristmas.com The music in the today’s show: Riley Farley and their Orchestra (from 1935) – Santa…

  UPDATE: Sorry! We put the wrong audio file up earlier! The correct file is now here. On the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show today, Steve Webb finds out why we celebrate Christmas on December 25th! And there’s more Christmas music. Find out more about the date of Christmas on whychristmas.com The music in the today’s show:…

Happy Advent! On the first show of the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show for 2012 James Cooper of the Christmas information site whychristmas.com will explain all about Advent! There’s also some great Christmas music. Find out more about Advent on whychristmas.com Open the Advent Calendar on whychristmas.com or follow the Advent Calendar on twitter @happyadvent The…

If you are a fan of all things Christmas, we have some great news for you! We’re producing the Lifespring! WhyChristmas Show again this year! This will be the seventh year in a row, and we are excited to be able to share Christmas traditions, customs and lots of music with you once more. We’ll be…

James is here with another music show, playing some of his favorite retro Christmas music! Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – The Waikikis O Holy Night – Andy Williams; The Andy Williams Christmas Album Gently Rock His Cradle – Jimmie Davis; A Country Christmas Adeste Fideles – Pat Boone; White Christmas I’ll Be Home For Christmas…

On this show, Steve and James find out the history behind the Christmas classic O Holy Night – and there’s James’ own ukulele version!

James is back with some more music only shows. Playing the best in retro and podsafe christmas Music! White Christmas – The Waikikis Silent Night – Allison Crowe; Tidings Joy to the World – Burl Ives; Christmas At The White House The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Doug Boldt It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas…

On today’s show James and Steve tell the story of the Christmas Carol Good King Wenceslas. James also plays a version of the song on the ukulele.

This time on the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show Steve and James find out the history behind Silent Night and there’s also James’s version of the carol on the ukulele.