Guest Appearance | The Surprising History of Christmas
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🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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**I was recently invited (back) to be a guest on the Mommin' Together podcast to discuss the pagan origins of Christmas! She was kind enough to allow me to upload a copy of the episode for my listeners.
The Surprising History of Christmas: Uncovering the Origins of our Traditions
In this episode of the Mommin' Together podcast, host Michelle Barnett is joined by Chasity Jameson, host of the Ancient Conspiracies podcast, to explore the surprising pagan roots of modern Christmas traditions. The episode dives into the historical origins of Santa Claus, December 25th as a significant date, and various Christmas practices like Christmas trees and gift-giving. They discuss how these elements were woven into Christian celebrations and offer perspectives for believers on how to navigate this information. By examining these traditions, they aim to encourage listeners to align their celebrations more closely with their faith.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, welcome to the Mom and Together podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm your host, Michelle Barnett. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm a wife, mama, and huge believer in the power of community for motherhood. |
| 0:10.0 | God didn't design us to do this alone, and he's matched me to create this space for us to navigate motherhood together. |
| 0:16.0 | I get to connect you to other mamas and resources to support you in this messy, beautiful season. |
| 0:27.6 | Today we are diving into some very surprising history about our modern Christmas celebration, |
| 0:31.4 | things you may have grown up doing every single year without ever knowing where they actually come from. From Santa's earliest origin to why December 25th was such an important date long before |
| 0:37.0 | it was associated with |
| 0:38.0 | the birth of Jesus. We're pulling back the curtains in some of the most familiar |
| 0:41.1 | traditions of the season. Joining me is the host of the popular ancient conspiracies podcast, |
| 0:46.9 | Chastity Jameson, who has done extensive work on covering the pagan roots woven into many of our |
| 0:51.7 | holiday practices. She's here to help us understand what |
| 0:54.5 | history really reveals, what it doesn't, and how Christians today can navigate this information |
| 0:59.1 | with clarity and discernment. So settle in, keep an open mind, and let's dive into the surprising |
| 1:04.0 | story behind the Christmas we think we know. Hi, Chasity. Welcome back to the Mom and Together podcast. Thank you for having me back. I love having you on our show because I feel like I always learned something new. And I listened to your Christmas episode last year and I refreshed listening to it this year. And I'm really excited to talk about some fascinating history and things that many people |
| 1:31.3 | don't know about our modern Christmas celebration. |
| 1:34.7 | And so I think people are going to be surprised. |
| 1:37.6 | People are going to be curious when we start unpacking this. |
| 1:41.2 | And I hope that people walk away having just more background and more |
| 1:45.8 | knowledge and education on what we celebrate and when we celebrate and all they're in. |
| 1:52.6 | Right. |
| 1:55.0 | Okay. The first thing on the list that I want to talk about is Santa because I grew up with Santa and in my case, I had a very consumer-oriented |
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