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Life After MLM

Episode 331 : Merry Christmas!

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Education, Society & Culture

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In our special Christmas episode, we explore the story and history of the candy cane, discussing its religious symbolism, true origins, and fun facts. With an interactive candy cane tasting and candy cane trivia, come join us as we reflect on the holiday season. Grab a candy cane to enjoy, and get ready to learn some religious myths and historical facts about Christmas's most iconic candy.

Show Notes

The Origin Of The Candy Cane

Candy Canes Have a Surprising History That Started Over 300 Years Ago

Who Invented Candy Canes?

A Candy Cane Story

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Roberta Blevins, and this is live after MLM, a podcast where we worked and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail.

0:20.1

Join us as we dive into the real lifelife stories of survivors, experts, and advocates as we

0:25.7

debunk the common myths and fallacies of cults, frauds, scams, and multi-level marketing.

0:31.6

Thank you. The

0:40.3

The The The

1:13.6

The Hey, Hunvots and Hun Bros. Merry Christmas.

1:39.3

Hello.

1:41.3

So we're doing this special little Christmas bonus episode just because we thought it would be fun.

1:48.2

We went to that Christmas bazaar, which we already talked about, and we got all of these different religious tracks.

1:53.8

And I was like, I'm definitely going to do a religious tract for Christmas.

1:58.8

I just wasn't sure which one.

2:00.6

And then I started looking into them,

2:02.4

and a lot of them were like really, really triggering and really, really churchy.

2:06.5

And I was like, oh, I don't want to do this to anybody.

2:10.8

And then I started thinking about like other things we could do.

2:14.2

Literally, as I was reading that other Christmas tract,

2:17.4

it made me think of, like,

2:18.8

the Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon. I'd rather talk about Charlie Brown than like this weird

2:24.0

Christmas track that was like so churchy.

2:26.7

I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about. Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas

2:32.2

is all about? Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about.

2:38.0

Lights, please.

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