Christmas Past

After hearing this podcast referenced over and over again on the Deck the Hallmark and Christmas Morning podcasts, I finally decided to give this one a chance this past Christmas season. It was a great decision. I really enjoy the Story time episodes and always enjoy learning something new. Looking forward to another season!

My bride and I have listened since the first year this wonderful podcast came out and it is a Christmas time tradition for us to listen to each episode, usually listening in on older episodes as well during our numerous trips in the season. Brian Earl does an incredible job of bringing the history of the season and research we love to hear. Bought the book last year and read it again this year as well as recommended it to our family and friends. Just fantastic!

Overall very good. The technique if having the guest speak and then announcing “that was John Snith” gets tiresome. The use of “BCE” to mark time before Christ is offensive especially for a Christmas show. That is disappointing. But overall an enjoyable listen.

This is from 2020 — I guess I never hit “Send!” ‘Christmas Past’ is well-researched, produced, and presented, and it had given me hours of listening pleasure this Christmas as I’m stuck in quarantine away from my family in my own house and hoping my COVID test comes back negative so I can join them Christmas Day. In any case, it answers a lot of questions that have popped into my mind each Christmas and which I never have the time to follow up on due to the hustle and bustle — sugar plums? Why Mistletoe? Who tells ghost stories at Christmas? I guess one positive of being in quarantine is that I can find the answers through this excellent podcast and also reflect on what is TRULY important at this, my favorite time of the year! Thanks, Brian Earl, for such a treasure to perpetuate the beauty of this season!