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And now, your host, Tony Peterson.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I'm your host, Tony Peterson. Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation's podcast, which is brought to you by

First Light.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson.

And today I'm going to get into the Christmas spirit, which is, you know, very, very loosely,

kind of has something to do with deer hunting.

I think if the world was just full of dudes, Christmas would probably die out in about three years.

At least that's my very unscientific theory based off of living with a house full of women who are very, very into Christmas.

My wife and daughters love the whole thing, from the presents to the baking, to the decorating, to the music,

while I like the pheasant hunting in the late season deer hunting. But there are a few things Christmas and the whole idea behind it can teach us

about deer hunting, which is what I'm going to talk about right now.

Christmas is a weird holiday, but I guess all of them kind of are.

What you might not know is that Christmas and its early real beginnings are tied to stargazing,

which is a topic I like a lot.

Now we know the name for Christmas comes from, well, Christ, so there's no denying the religious

implications there.

Depending on where you land on that spectrum, this season might be one that is tightly linked

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