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Merry Christmas, everybody. Welcome back to a special episode of the Catholic Talk Show,

where we're going to be talking about lost Christmas traditions you can bring back. That's right. We're going to take a look at some devotions the Catholics have practiced

throughout the years that you can bring into your family and get the most out of this season of

joy, wonder, and anticipation of the birth of our Lord. So if you want to know how to have the holiest

and happiest and funnest Christmas ever, stay tuned. All right, good to be in the studio with you guys today. Merry Christmas again, everybody. Yes. Funnest is not a word. Funnest, funniest? Funnest. Most fun. Most fun. Oh, man. Just wanted to correct. They already put it in the comment there. It's not a word.

Don't worry about it. You guys are getting excited for Christmas? Yeah. Yeah. Christmas is great.

It's been a long season. But, you know, as we're about to celebrate the feast of the nativity of our Lord,

you know, talk about some things that Catholics have done throughout the year that have deep symbolic

meeting that really bring us into the mystery of what we're

celebrating here on Christmas because a lot of times we can get lost in the commercial aspects

of what we're experiencing now.

Got to get ready for the parties.

Got to make sure that you got the good clothes for Christmas Eve Mass.

You got to make sure that you have, you know, all the presents wrapped and all the considerations and you can forget. That's why I love. To be a bumper sticker, the reason for the season. Well, yeah, no, it's, it's, I tell, I tell my people this all the time that we don't, we're not celebrating a commercial holiday, because if you're celebrating a commercial holiday, you start celebrating, you start thinking about Christmas the day after Halloween or something like that, and you end December 24th. And then the trees in the front yard and the trash, it's like, no, we're continuing to celebrate. I think that's one of the great things that these traditions help us to know is how to continue to celebrate this and integrated in our lives. And a lot of them have been lost, have been forgotten about.

And it's, yeah, it's just a great exploration. Even the practice of Advent kind of has been lost in the church.

And that's like, that's a great way to prepare yourself for all this stuff that you're talking about,

which is celebrating a solemn Christmas, celebrating beyond Christmas for the days of Christmas.

Advent's a great gift to engage in.

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