Happy Winter Solstice

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Winter Solstice (December 21 this year) is the real reason for the season. We celebrate this festive time of year with music and freethought humor, including songs and performances by Kristin Lems, Dan Barker, Tim Minchin, Roy Zimmerman, Irving Berlin, Trey Parker, Tom Lehrer, the London Humanist Choir, Ken Lonnquist and Brent Michael Davids.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us, above us only sky.
0:40.3	Imagine all the people living for today. This is the time, the time of year for gathering together
0:59.0	We can brave the longest night and all the wintry weather
1:03.3	Longest nights we fear you not
1:05.6	For we have kept our hard stone's hot
1:08.4	This is the time, the time of year
1:10.9	for gathering together.
1:17.2	Winter with its
1:18.6	a secret, that stone is fell upon us.
1:21.9	All the birds and peace cells up
1:23.6	and ice and so surround us.
1:26.0	But tonight the balance ships, back toward life and all its gifts
1:30.1	this is the time the time up here for gathering together hox
1:36.3	horse of darkness horse of night you shall all over lead us
1:42.7	rather the window steal the light but you shall not defeat us
1:46.6	you wrestled us right to the ground but we will ring the coming round
1:51.4	this is the time the time of year for gathering together, we can brave the longest night and all the wintry weather.
2:21.3	Longest night we fear you not, for we have kept our hearthones hot.
2:26.3	This is the time, the time of year for gathering together.
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