Fireside Chat Ep. 218 — Who Hates Christmas?

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Are public acknowledgements of Christmas gradually disappearing? (Spoiler: Yes. There actually is a “war” on Christmas.) Who or what is driving that? If you are among those who think Christmas is no longer inclusive enough, you should know that this Jew disagrees! Settle in to hear why Dennis loves Christmas so much and why you should too. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! All donations TRIPLE-MATCHED now through Christmas! PragerU.com/christmas

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, I'm Dennis Prager and this is FireSightChat number 218.
0:07.6	We didn't miss a week.
0:10.4	COVID, no COVID, trips, no trips.
0:13.8	I'm pretty committed to the FireSightChat.
0:17.2	What this is, if you're new to this, is very simple.
0:20.0	I offer you thoughts from my heart and my mind.
0:23.4	It is completely unrehearsed.
0:25.8	There is no, what do they call it?
0:29.2	Promter, yes, I'm not reading from a teleprompter.
0:33.4	It's a real way to be spontaneous and then take questions from you in different parts of
0:39.6	the world who are watching.
0:42.0	Well, this is the Christmas show because it's coming out right before Christmas.
0:49.9	I wish you a Merry Christmas and I want to talk to you about that because there's so
0:55.6	much confusion.
0:57.9	So I'll give you a perfect example, a professor of law at a law school in Indiana.
1:05.5	Many years ago, wrote a column about how she opposed the Christmas tree in the main lobby
1:13.2	of the law school and her reasoning was it's not inclusive.
1:19.3	How would a non-Christian feel?
1:22.8	So I'm a non-Christian, I'm a religious practicing Jew and I love a Christmas tree in the lobby
1:33.6	of my school and I love Christmas music and I love Christmas and I will explain why on
1:40.9	all of these matters and I'm crazy about Christmas music.
1:44.3	It puts me in a good mood.
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