Ep 1277 | Why We Don’t Do Santa & Why Jesus Wasn't a Refugee

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today Allie explains why she chose not to teach her kids to believe in Santa Claus. While imagination is powerful, believing in Santa can cause confusion and ultimately muddy the true gospel message of Christmas. Allie provides practical ways and activities for parents to keep Christ at the forefront of the holiday season, like devotional reading and hymn-singing. She then dives into progressive churches, like Lake Street Church in Illinois, that have hijacked Christmas to make it into a political spectacle to push agendas like open borders and illegal immigration. Despite what the Left says, Jesus was not a refugee. He and his family fled within the Roman Empire under divine command; he was not a modern border-crosser. Tune in for biblical clarity and why Christ — not Santa Claus — is the real reason for the season. Buy Allie's book "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.toxicempathy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Timecodes: (00:00) Intro (00:25) Why We Don't Do Santa Claus (06:35) Santa Initiates Confusion (16:05) Santa Distracts from Christ (24:00) The Reason for the Season (35:20) Woke Nativity Scenes (43:30) Jesus was Not a Refugee (51:30) How the Left Hijacked Christmas --- Today's Sponsors: PreBorn — Would you consider a gift to save babies in a big way? Your gift will be used to save countless babies for years to come. To donate, dial #250 and say the keyword BABY or donate securely at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠preborn.com/allie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Good Ranchers — Give a reason to gather. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠goodranchers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start gifting, and while you’re there, treat yourself with your own subscription to America’s best meat. And when you use the code ALLIE, you’ll get $40 off your first order. Every Life — Visit ⁠⁠⁠everylife.com⁠⁠⁠ and use promo code ALLIE10 to get 10% off your first order today! Fellowship Home Loans — Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠fellowshiphomeloans.com/allie⁠⁠⁠ and start with a free consultation. You’ll even get a $500 credit at closing. Terms apply. See site for details. --- Episodes you might like:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ep 724 | Why My Family Celebrates Christmas but Not Santa ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-724-why-my-family-celebrates-christmas-but-not-santa/id1359249098?i=1000590198102⁠ Ep 541 | Christmas Hot Takes | Guest: Nathan Nipper ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-541-christmas-hot-takes-guest-nathan-nipper/id1359249098?i=1000545681477⁠ Ep 540 | A Biblical Take on Santa ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-540-a-biblical-take-on-santa/id1359249098?i=1000545205503⁠ --- Buy Allie's book "You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.alliebethstuckey.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Relatable merchandise: Use promo code ALLIE10 for a discount: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's why we don't do Santa Claus in our home. Also, Jesus was not a refugee. We are getting into
0:07.7	all of this on today's theology episode of Relatable. It's brought to you by our friends at Good
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0:29.0	Hey guys, welcome to Relatable.
0:29.9	Happy Wednesday.
0:32.3	Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far.
0:35.1	All right, we decorated the Relatable set for Christmas.
0:38.8	One of you messaged me or you commented somewhere and you said,
0:44.8	where's Relatable's Christmas tree? Y'all, I had completely forgotten about that. I think that I would have forgotten if someone had not brought it up. So thank you so much. I wish that I had remembered
0:49.8	earlier because I like to max out the Christmas tree behind me as much as possible. I actually think
0:56.1	it makes the set look better. And it makes me think I need to paint these walls. Because ever,
1:01.8	ever since I got my colors done, and I realized that black actually washes me out because I'm in
1:07.4	autumn, I've realized my set is all the wrong color scheme. So one day, maybe next
1:12.8	year, you'll show up here and you'll see that we have painted these walls relatable green. We'll
1:17.7	see about that. But for now, we just have a yule tie decor. And I know that I'm going to get
1:24.6	comments about the reindeer. I don't know what the comments will be.
1:28.0	You guys surprised me sometimes. Some of you are going to like it. Some of you are not going to like it.
1:33.6	There's going to be a random troll out there that says, you've changed, Allie. You would have never had a reindeer last year.
1:39.7	I got a comment just the other day from someone saying, you know what, stop with this new y'all thing that you're saying. You're trying too hard. And I was aghast because I am a born and raised Texas. What am I supposed to say? You guys? We don't say that here. I don't even know how to say anything besides y'all. It's just efficient. So I know that I'm going to get some comment on the
2:02.9	reindeer. I like the reindeer. It's Dasher specifically. I decided that. All right. Let's get into
2:10.0	this Christmas themed episode today. I get asked every year without fail from a new follower,
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