Hey, Holy Post friends. We're popping a curiously Caitlin episode into your feed this week because we're starting a brand new Advent series. And let's be honest, the nativity story gets weird. Kids notice all the odd details we have learned to ignore. And suddenly you're fielding questions you did not prepare for in Sunday school. So instead of scrambling for answers all by

yourself, you can join us all month as we explore the questions your kids and most adults are genuinely

curious about. First up, who exactly are the wise men and why do they show up in the nativity

scene at all? If you enjoy the conversation, make sure you're subscribed to Curiously Caitlin wherever you

get your podcast.

We've got a whole month of Christmas episodes coming your way.

Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense.

I don't know. That doesn't make any sense

Welcome back to Curiously, Kate, how are you?

I'm doing great.

Caitlin, it's the Christmas season.

Almost.

We're getting there.

It's post- Thanksgiving.

We're an advent.

We're an advent.

I will say, I will say, I have not always been a stickler about this, but I am generally a like wait until after Thanksgiving to like put up a Christmas tree, listen to Christmas music. And this year it was like I was ready. I was ready before.

I still didn't, you know, because I wanted to keep, I wanted to keep Thanksgiving. But wow,

just the day after Thanksgiving coming back to this area and it's like tons of snow, it just feels Christmassy. It does. It's exciting.

Our tree is up. The music has been played all weekend. I love it. We are ready. And so we are now then

for the next, I don't know, four weeks or so. We're going to do Christmas-related, Advent-related

kid questions. It's going to be so fun.

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