All Blog Posts Tagged 'Solstice' (6)

We continue this new (to me) documentary on Christmas origins and traditions.

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Pagan 1

Alleee 2

Ink Spots * Jingle Bells

Marty Manning's Banjo Barrons * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Pagan 2

Martinn * Christmas in the City

Polish-American String Band * Mistletoe Polka

Pagan 3

Voicedude * Dreidel all the Way

Tijuana Voices * Jolly Old…

Well, here it is, finally! Welcome back to the Atheist's Christmas Podcast! I'm The Atheist, and this is my podcast! Enjoy another documentary--part one of The Origins of Christmas, along with some delicious Nutcracker variations.

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Now Sound of Christmas

Pagan 1

Alleee 1

The Bomarr Monk * Christmas in the Stars

Suncheep Vidayanakorn and His Students * Miniature…

Season's Greetings, by Darrel Ray

In this holiday season, when the "War on Christmas" is so loudly proclaimed, we should all reflect on the history of Christmas in the US and recall that the Puritans outlawed Christmas. They rightly argued that virtually all of the traditions and artifacts, even the date of Christmas were all taken from the Pagans by the Papists (Catholics) and therefore should not be used or celebrated by Christians.…

This week I read a list of solstice and Christmas events in history, starting with the Newgrange around 2500 BCE: this is apparently not that far from Noah's Flood, which was in 2304 BC, according to Ken Ham. Considering Stonehenge was supposed to have started around 2800 BCE and added to for another thousand years is quite curious indeed. Seems that Noah's immediate family must have made their…

This week Alison lectures some more on the origins of Santa. Who knew Santa was a Yeti? Looks like "Bob" really is Santa Claus' son.

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Christmas Characters 1

Alleee 1

Clebanoff and his Orchestra * Bobsled

Bobbi Boyle * Let Us be Gay

Christmas Characters 2

Denis Farnon and his Orchestra * Winter Wonderland

Singing Sammy Marshall * Jingle Mint Twist…

Thrill as Hellbound Alleee lectures on the secular and pagan origins of Christmas, because she's going to keep doing it until everyone knows it and thinks they thought of it.

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Christmas Traditions 1

Alleee1 Buddy and Bunny Burden * Frosty the Snowman

Father Malcolm Boyd and Charlie Byrd * It's Christmas Again, Jesus

Christmas Traditions 2

Dick Leibert * Home for…