The War On Christmas (Part 2) w/ Michael Hobbes
This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
It’s December 24nd. This Christmas week, we’re doing something a little different — a two-part special on the history of The War on Christmas.
In part two, Jody and Nikki are joined by Michael Hobbes of “You’re Wrong About” to go back in time and explore the surprising roots of the War on Christmas, from the Puritans to the Egg Nog Riot to the Red Scare.
Michael Hobbes’s podcasts are “You’re Wrong About” and “Maintenance Phase.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jody Abergin. |
| 0:09.0 | And this is part two of our two-part special on the War on Christmas. |
| 0:16.0 | Last episode we talked about the twists and turns in recent years starting with Bill O'Reilly in 2004. |
| 0:22.0 | So that was 2004 to 2020. Bill O'Reilly in 2004. |
| 0:22.7 | So that was 2004 to 2020. |
| 0:25.0 | And now we will do everything before 2004 in one episode. |
| 0:29.8 | So I don't know. |
| 0:30.4 | Do we want to hook it to a date? |
| 0:31.5 | Let's say December 25th 336 |
| 0:34.5 | a. D which many religious scholars point to is the first date that Christmas was |
| 0:38.7 | celebrated. Nicky are we going to go that far back in time? |
| 0:41.6 | Um look I think that you can put the chit down on 336 a.D. |
| 0:45.4 | And we can move forward in time pretty quickly. |
| 0:47.2 | Fair enough. |
| 0:48.2 | That of that of that time. |
| 0:50.0 | I need to know. |
| 0:51.0 | Exactly an important question. |
| 0:52.0 | Those voices are Nicole Hammer of Columbia. Hello Nicky. |
| 0:54.9 | Mary, War on Christmas, Jody. Yes. And Michael Hobbs is back, host of the excellent |
| 1:00.4 | podcast you're wrong about and maintenance phase and noted expert on |
| 1:03.8 | religious customs during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine. |
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