SS #167: The Causes of Christmas
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Today's episode is what you've been waiting for. That's right! It's our annual Christmas episode. This time, we used a different approach, talking through aspects of Christmas and celebration using Aristotle's Four Causes. You're going to love this conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | So when little women, oranges were extravagant. |
| 0:04.1 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:05.1 | And that's okay if you've been married two years and you're at the orange stage of things. |
| 0:08.8 | Yes. |
| 0:10.1 | We've all been there. |
| 0:12.8 | Well, I don't know if you guys have noticed the price of cuties, like the little things, but I feel a little extravagant. |
| 0:20.6 | I was like, those are going to be gone in an hour. I don't know. Yeah. like the little things, but I feel a little extravagant. |
| 0:22.7 | I was like, those are going to be gone in an hour. |
| 0:23.8 | I don't know. Welcome to Skalae Sisters, where we are cultivating the maximum number of thinking moms we can. |
| 0:39.7 | This is the podcast for classical homeschooling mammas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. |
| 0:48.9 | School A Sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves, through reading |
| 0:55.3 | widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, equips us for the task of educating our |
| 1:01.1 | children. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm your host, Randy Venzel. |
| 1:05.3 | To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter, go to Afterthoughts blog.net slash subscribe and sign up. |
| 1:15.4 | My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall. |
| 1:19.7 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including three graduates. |
| 1:23.4 | She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of two excellent books, |
| 1:29.2 | the convivial homeschool and simplified organization. Abby is basically the queen of the |
| 1:35.9 | Skolet sister ship. Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who |
| 1:42.0 | homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:45.9 | Our new book, Scalae Every Day, is now out and available. |
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