Of Christmas as long, long ago is my new book arriving for the 2025 Christmas season.

Find out what Christmas was like centuries ago.

Sneak preview, it was weird, and spooky, and rowdy.

Kind of gross sometimes.

Find it wherever books are sold in hardcover from Lions Press and audiobook from recorded books. It's Christmas as you've never

seen it before, and it makes a great gift. Hey, it's Brian. Back with another episode as we ramp up to

this 2025 Christmas season. If you're listening in real time, it's now just a week after Halloween.

Some say that's still too early for Christmas, but if you are listening in real time,

then I'll bet you're not one of them.

The Hallmark Channel has already begun airing Christmas movies.

Streaming services like Pluto TV are offering seasonal content.

And we see reports in the news almost every day about

some radio station somewhere that switched over to its all-Christmas format.

Yes, the frost may still be on the pumpkin, but it's starting to look a little something

like Christmas.

And speaking of movies and seasonal content, maybe that's one of the ways that you're

easing into Christmas yourself

this year. Nothing beats a Christmas movie on a cozy evening to summon the Christmas spirit.

Now, for better or worse, we are practically drowning in options when it comes to Christmas movies.

Even the last one or two years alone have given us more movies than any single person

could reasonably watch in a season.

To make sense of the landscape, to avoid decision paralysis, and to gain an appreciation

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