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Good day. It's Wednesday, December the 10th, 2025, and you've joined us for Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article, authored by our CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

I need to begin with a warning. If you read the rest of this paragraph, you are likely to ingest a

musical earworm that will not stop playing in your brain all day. According to a survey conducted

by Finance Buzz, the most annoying Christmas song in America is Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is you. Paradoxically, it's also the most popular Christmas song in America.

If you now can't get that song out of your mind, don't blame me. You were warned.

But seen in a theological light, there is a surprising message here, one that turns the Christmas holiday into holy days that transform our lives all year.

Jesus owned only the absolute minimum necessary for life in this world.

This was true from the moment of his birth when he came into the world in a borrowed stable and was laid in a borrowed feed trough.

This was true to the moment of his death when he was crucified on a Roman cross, prepared for

burial through the generosity of others, and laid in a borrowed tomb.

During his earthly ministry, he lived in Copernum at the home of his friend Peter when he visited

Jerusalem. He stayed in Bethany at the home of his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.

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