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  1. Friday, December 26, 2025

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    12/26/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look at a curious hymn/carol made famous by the date.
    Friday, December 26, 2025

  2. Thursday, December 25, 2025

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    12/25/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we celebrate the feast of the Nativity with a special reading.
    Thursday, December 25, 2025

  3. Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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    12/24/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we examine the history of Christianity and the place of trees, Christmas, or otherwise.
    Wednesday, December 24, 2025

  4. Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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    12/23/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look into a common Christmas question about dates.
    Tuesday, December 23, 2025

  5. Monday, December 22, 2025

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    12/22/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we investigate the story of Santa slapping Arius at the Council of Nicaea.
    Monday, December 22, 2025

  6. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Your Questions and Recommendations

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    12/20/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 20-21, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Your Questions and Recommendations

  7. 421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinners

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    12/20/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Going Cold Turkey at Christmas? In this episode, we read G.K. Chesterton’s essay, On Christmas, wherein he discusses celebrating Christmas too early, vivisection, vegetarians versus turkeys, and what to do about the poor at Christmas. It’s another curmudgeonly Christmas episode with one of our favorite British apologists and satirists.
    421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinners

  8. 420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's business

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    12/13/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m Wasted, and I Can’t Find My Way Home. In this episode, we again invite C.S. Lewis to teach us about Christmas. We also discuss the early church fathers, worship, symbolism, mystery, Freud and Jung’s influence on modern Christians, consumerism and gift-giving, and, of course, Christmas: all this and much, much more on this episode of the podcast.
    420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's business

  9. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: A Few of My Favorite Things

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    12/13/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 13-14, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: A Few of My Favorite Things

  10. Monday, December 8, 2025

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    12/08/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about questionable Christmas carols.
    Monday, December 8, 2025

  11. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Hark the What? Angels and the Christmas Story

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    12/06/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 6-7, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Hark the What? Angels and the Christmas Story

  12. 419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure

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    12/05/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Pagan Neart, Christian Soul. In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis’ “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.” Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of nature led us to kill each other? Why do we reject the good news that Jesus ended the need for guilt-offerings, sin-sacrifices, and fear about the afterlife? What happened as a consequence of moderns pushing heavenly truth out of the material world? What is the message of Christmas that offers a cure for all that ails us?
    419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure