Episode 6 – Holidays
In this episode, host Adam Emery looks into the three end of year holidays. This episode is all about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Adam takes a look at where the holidays came from, how did they get where they are and you might be surprised to learn just how commercial everything has become!
Hi Adam, I liked your podcast on the Holidays. Listened in full. Very nicely done.
Nicely done. A lot to cover.
Christmas. You share a not often referenced fact that the debauchery of Christmas was scorned and therefore not celebrated by Christians in this country. You missed the German Christmas traditions brought to this country by immigrants. The Three Kings celebration of the Eastern Orthodox was a key influence as well. The rise of the Church year and Advent would begin to remake the celebration of Christmas. I believe you are correct in naming Easter as the highest holy day.