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320 - Richard Rohlin - The Universal History of Christmas

The Symbolic World

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The Significance of Defending and Celebrating Christmas

The speaker and his family were involved in the 'Christmas wars' where some people tried to stop the celebration of Christmas due to its perceived Catholic origins. This experience motivated the speaker to study and defend the celebration of Christmas, eventually leading to a deeper understanding of tradition and conversion to Orthodoxy. This led to a decision to take Christmas, advent, Lent, and Easter more seriously as a family, bringing about an important turning point for them.

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