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The Lost Christmas Podcast

A dive into the characters, stories, traditions, food, and everything else surrounding the Christmas season all over the world. Each episode ends with a passage from The Lost Years of Santa Claus book... Read more

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Christmas Traditions: But before they were Christmas traditions (part 2: Saturnalia)

Christmas Traditions: But before they were Christmas traditions (part 2: Saturnalia)

In today's Season 2 finale, we talk all about Saturnalia! In Part 1 of this series we discussed Kronia, the precursor to... Read more

24 Dec 2021

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Christmas Traditions: But before they were Christmas traditions (part 1)

Christmas Traditions: But before they were Christmas traditions (part 1)

Did you know that before the world celebrated Christmas that there were other winter celebrations? Of course you did (es... Read more

22 Dec 2021

29mins

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Christmas Monsters Revisited (with special guest Dr. Emily Zarka of Monstrum)

Christmas Monsters Revisited (with special guest Dr. Emily Zarka of Monstrum)

We have a very special guest today: Dr. Emily Zarka of Arizona State University and PBS Digital Studios Monstrum! We tal... Read more

16 Dec 2021

33mins

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The Nativity: Everything you wanted to know, and more!

The Nativity: Everything you wanted to know, and more!

This episode brings a boat-load of information about current traditions around using the Nativity - both living Nativity... Read more

10 Dec 2021

34mins

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Trailer: The Lost Christmas Podcast

Trailer: The Lost Christmas Podcast

Join us each week on The Lost Christmas Podcast during the holiday season!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm... Read more

3 Dec 2021

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Rules for Christmas Movies (and a giveaway!)

Rules for Christmas Movies (and a giveaway!)

In this episode you'll hear my very specific, hard-fast rules for determining if a movie is indeed a Christmas movie. As... Read more

3 Dec 2021

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Wassail! Drinking to your health at Christmas

Wassail! Drinking to your health at Christmas

In this post-Thanskgiving episode we discuss the history and evolution of wassail, from a story of lovers to feeding tre... Read more

27 Nov 2021

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St. Nicholas - the man, the myth, the legend

St. Nicholas - the man, the myth, the legend

In this episode we dive into the person that was Saint Nicholas of Myra. There's plenty to go around with stories, myths... Read more

19 Nov 2021

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Christmas Mysteries, Christmysteries, whatever you call them, they're wonderful and I've got some for you!

Christmas Mysteries, Christmysteries, whatever you call them, they're wonderful and I've got some for you!

In this episode, we dive into the ins and outs of Christmas mysteries. Starting off, we have some unanswered questions f... Read more

13 Nov 2021

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You can't miss these foreign Christmas movies this year!

You can't miss these foreign Christmas movies this year!

Today we go over a short list of must-see foreign holiday films. These films take us to Mexico, from France to Finland, ... Read more

6 Nov 2021

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