Welcome to the Council of Trent Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Merry Christmas, everyone, from the Council of Trent Podcast.

I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

And I am so grateful for your prayers, listening to our episodes, recommending them to others,

the reviews you all have left on iTunes, Google Play, and the support that we've received

from our patrons at trendhornpodcast.com.

The generosity has been overwhelming, and I'm just very pleased and just feel very blessed

to be able to share another year of the Council of Trent Podcast with everyone.

And since it's Christmas also, I mean, I mean, it really couldn't mood.

If you listened to Free For All Friday last week, you would know that Christmas is my

favorite holiday.

And for the past few years, on or around Christmas, I've read a Christmas tale on the podcast,

one of my Christmas present to you all.

And that's what I want to share with you today.

We'll be taking a break after the Christmas holiday and new years.

We'll be back with new episodes here in the new year, but to send us off to end 2021.

I wanted to share a Christmas story.

And here's what's interesting.

This was a story that popped in my mind, and I picked it up and I flipped through it,

and I realized it's not strictly a Christmas story.

But I feel like whenever I hear the story, when I think about the story, I imagine it

being said at Christmas.

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