Today we're going to be talking about should Christians celebrate Christmas.

And this has been something we haven't really dug into super deeply over the last, I don't know, a few years we've

mentioned at times like we don't celebrate Christmas or we do Christmas

differently or we don't do this we do that but we haven't really

talked it out totally so today we're gonna be doing that we're gonna be talking about

our personal history with Christmas so this is Elish is in my experience. Why we don't currently celebrate like most people might expect us to and what we do instead.

We're going to be talking about some encouragement if a spouse believes Christmas is pagan and one spouse

really loves the tradition and we're going to be talking about family pressures and

what should be at the center of Christmas more than Jesus's birth.

So, throw that in there. We're going to be talking about these all in order, but in that order, but those are some of the things we're going to be talking about in today's episode.

But before we jump in, I want to take this minute to read one of the reviews that we recently

received from one of you kind listeners I'm so grateful for all of the reviews I

wish I could just read through all of them to you because each one of them means so much to me.

But I just saw this one today and it was the most recent review and so I thought I would read this review from

Stephanie. Stephanie says thank you for your vulnerability

and sharing your life through this podcast. I can't adequately describe

how much.

I grew up in a Christian home that didn't talk about faith much, so this podcast inspires

me to talk to myself about the important things in life and what scripture has to say.

I'm a single mom of a four-year-old daughter and I have a

huge desire to see her grow up with an understanding of biblical womanhood, family

roles, and to know who she is in Christ. I'm eternally grateful for your

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