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Here comes Eric Matt, Texas.

Hey, folks. Welcome.

I'm especially excited about this program for many reasons. First of all, let me tell you. The title of the book I'm going to be discussing, it'll give you a hint as to where we're going with this. The title is Why We Kiss Under the Missile Toe. The author is Dr. Michael Foley. He's a professor of

Patristics at Baylor University. Patristics, I just happened to being Greek,

pater, pater, Pater, Paterimon, Patristics, fathers, early church fathers, you know,

those guys, right after the people who wrote

the New Testament. So Michael Foley, welcome to the program, and why did you write a book,

since you're a real theologian and a historian, why did you write a book called Why We Kiss

Under the Missile To?

Well, like a lot of kids across America, I grew up just being fascinated by Christmas symbols, Christmas stories.

I mean, there really is no other time of the year like this.

But a lot of these symbols are not self-explanatory. Why do we deck the halls

with bells of Holly and not boxwood? Why the mistletoe? Why the Christmas tree? So that's a

question that has never haunted me. Why do we decorate it with bows of holly and not

boxwood?

There are people scratching their heads right now, literally scratching their heads, thinking, I've never thought of that, nor do I care.

That's not true.

I love this stuff so much.

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