Hello there and happy holidays! If you're like me, your mailbox and inbox are beginning

to fill with the obligatory year end updates from family and friends. Exotic vacations,

fulfilling careers, the accomplishments of so many perfect children. Ah, it is the season.

And so we've collected a few Christmas news letters for some festive fun. Names and

locations have been changed, of course, because if there is one thing I've learned in all my years,

it's that there's always room to read between the lines. And chances are, it's a wonderful lie.

All right everyone, welcome back. As you know, I'm Ashley Flowers, joined by...

Holly Lawrence...

And Greg Hess.

And you guys, I have another Christmas letter for you. This one feels extra special.

Oh yeah? Yeah, because what a lot of listeners might not know is all three of us come from like a

pretty religious background? Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh, are we getting a true meaning of Christmas

type letter? Oh, we're getting it. Oh good. Ashley, some night we should like open a bottle of wine

and the three of us should sit down and figure out like who's the deepest? Who's Christian

background runs deepest? Because I have a feeling I would win. You bet. I don't know you guys.

Me, I mean, people know this about me and Brett, like we grew up in the, we called it cold.

And so many people have asked like what cold we grew up? It wasn't actually a cold. It was just a

air quotes non-denominational church that was like, yeah, if you love it like they are the non-denominational.

That is, yeah, I mean, we're all card carrying members of, with some deep knowledge of

Christendom, I would say. Oh yeah. In fact, I always say I come from a purity cult. Yeah.

Because like, did you have a purity ring? I didn't have one, but it was like highly encouraged.

It was like the entire Christian community I was from was obsessed with our virginity. Like,

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