{"id":9533,"date":"2020-12-20T07:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T15:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/?p=9533"},"modified":"2020-12-21T07:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:12:28","slug":"the-history-of-christmas-and-christmas-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/2020\/12\/20\/the-history-of-christmas-and-christmas-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Christmas and Christmas Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2931\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9533-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3\">https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/?powerpress_pinw=9533-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Bob-Siegel-Show-12.02.18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Repeat broadcast:<\/p>\n<p>Original airdate: 12-2-18<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this special program, a combination of talk and music, Bob goes through the history of Christmas, starting with a defense of miracles such as the Virgin Birth for any who would claim that the Bible is unscientific and therefore unreliable. Bob then moves through the history of the Christmas holiday itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-A God who reveals Himself to those who seek Him<\/p>\n<p>-A reconciliation of Jesus\u2019 genealogies in Luke and Matthew<\/p>\n<p>-Why the Messiah HAD to be born of a virgin in order to avoid a curse placed by God upon King Jehoiachin (also called Jeconiah)<\/p>\n<p>-A response to skeptics who claim that the records of Christ\u2019s birth\u00a0 in Matthew and Luke contradict ancient history<\/p>\n<p>-How several early church leaders suggested December 25 as the date of Christ\u2019s birth<\/p>\n<p>-How the Roman festival of Saturnalia on December 25 eventually became Christmas<\/p>\n<p>-Why the conversion of a pagan holiday to a Christian holiday is not a problem<\/p>\n<p>-The rowdy Christmas celebrations eventually banned in England<\/p>\n<p>-The real St. Nicholas<\/p>\n<p>-The development and origin of various Santa Claus legends in Europe and America: Where did ideas such as elves, flying reindeer and North Pole habitat originate? How Rudolph was invented as a store product.<\/p>\n<p>-Additional Christmas trivia: trees, egg nog, Poinsettia plants, etc.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE FROM BOB SIEGEL: To clarify some facts that could have been better worded:<\/p>\n<p>Christ\u2019s birth was estimated between 3-4BC<\/p>\n<p>King Herod died in 4BC<\/p>\n<p>The Puritans banned Christmas from 1659-1681<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Christmas season upon us, be sure to check out Bob\u2019s critically acclaimed Christmas children\u2019s novel, also enjoyed by adults!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-thumb content-list-thumb\"><a title=\"The Dangerous Christmas Ornament\" href=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/2015\/06\/24\/the-dangerous-christmas-ornament\/\" data-slimstat=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-content-list size-content-list wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/tdco_new.png\" alt=\"The Dangerous Christmas Ornament\" width=\"103\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"content-list-header\">\n<h3 class=\"content-list-title\"><a title=\"The Dangerous Christmas Ornament\" href=\"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/2015\/06\/24\/the-dangerous-christmas-ornament\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat=\"5\">The Dangerous Christmas Ornament<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-list-excerpt\">\n<p>TRIPLE HONORS! -Independent Press Award\u00a02017\u00a0Distinguished Favorite! -New York City Big Book Award 2017\u00a0Distinguished Favorite! -About Read\u00a0Selections: Top 30 Recommended Action Adventure Books For 11-Year Olds Top 30 Animals Books For 11 Year Olds\u00a0 (for talking\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repeat broadcast: Original airdate: 12-2-18 &nbsp; In this special program, a combination of talk and music, Bob goes through the history of Christmas, starting with a defense of miracles such as the Virgin Birth for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christianity","category-popculture","category-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9537,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533\/revisions\/9537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobsiegel.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}