Welcome to the conversation to that matter

podcast. My name is John Harris and a Merry Christmas to you

tomorrow is the 25th. It is the most important holiday to me. I know some Christians have told me this I

kid you not that Christmas should not be the most important holiday because

resurrection Sunday and Good Friday when Jesus came he died he rose rose from the dead that's the most important and I get it I understand but for me

Christmas is my favorite and I think it always will be doesn't matter what else is going on in the world, Christmas is my favorite.

And it's probably part of that is just the traditions and the way that at least pre-Covid,

the way that the whole entire world seems to change for it.

And you hear in even sometimes still, I think maybe it's, it's, I've gained a reprieve by moving to an area that's a little more Bible belt, but you'll go to a secular area and you can still sometimes hear Christmas carols.

And think about how out of step those are

with our modern world and the direction we're going,

completely out of step to hear Away on the Manger

as you're at the mall and everyone's got, you know,

Black Lives Matter signs and wear a mask signs and

those kinds of things not everyone but a lot of people so everyone does have the wear a mask sign

I will say I think that is true at the mall near me. But anyway, I just love it. I just, I mean, there's no replacement for it. And I thought about, you know, I want to do something for Christmas a little special I don't and and this is kind of goofy but you know last year I had

given you my top recommendations for films for Christmas.

And I talked about like,

It's a Wonderful Life and Scrooge.

And I don't even know at all.

I think Ben Hur was on there.

But I put a bunch of movies on there and I said,

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