Andrew and Wen talk with comedian, writer and magician Angel Garcia, tracing the REAL history of Christmas! From the pagans and Jesus to Santa and Odin, plus an actual war on Christmas that almost ended the holiday 600 years ago!
Wen and Andrew are joined by their good friend and one of their favorite Chicago comedians and magicians, Angel Garcia! Together they find out how Christmas really started, and got to where it is today. They cover everything from its origins in Yule and Saturnalia, to the pope who made it Jesus' birthday, and the crazy party he couldn't stop. They also discuss how Santa became Santa, and where it almost went TERRIBLY wrong, when a series of British civil wars led to a ban on everything Christmas!
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