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The following is an encore presentation of Issues, etc.

Music etc. Some myths about the Christian observation of Christmas come from outside the church.

Some of them have found a way into the church.

I even saw Christian post on social media the other day that Christmas was a holiday borrowed from an ancient pagan practice, an ancient pagan holiday in the Roman Empire. It's not true, but what is the truth

about the Christian observation of Christmas? Greetings, Zen, welcome to issues, et cetera,

on this Christmas Eve. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be talking about

myths about the Christmas observation of Christmas with

Pastor Joseph Abraham's son and then we'll study the Christmas hymn angels from the realms of glory

with Pastor Will Whedon of the Word of the Lord endures forever.

Pastor Joseph Abraham's son is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and he's author of a series

of columns titled Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies.

Joseph, welcome.

Thank you very much.

Good to be back.

Is Christmas a pagan holiday or a holiday with pagan origins?

Yeah, we can do that with a short answer and say no.

But, of course, with everything that's flooding

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