Jonathan Pageau | The Universal History of Christmas - with Richard Rohlin @JonathanPageau | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this episode of the Universal History podcast, Richard Rohlin and I discuss Christmas, why it looks the way it does, how Christmas developed into what we have today, and why you absolutely should celebrate it if you’re a Christian.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Coming up
0:57 - Intro music
1:22 - Introduction
2:14 - The Christmas wars
6:52 - Outline of this episode
7:57 - The essence of Christmas
14:51 - A glimmer of light
16:19 - From the moment of conception
19:57 - It's important to celebrate
20:32 - A period of preparation
22:48 - Winter comes with the cold
26:16 - Christmas carols
31:43 - Evergreenery
33:00 - The Feasting of the Poor
35:17 - Two rules about charity
43:45 - Paraliturgical ways to participate in Christmas
48:07 - Christmas in the early modern period
49:21 - Medieval Christmas carols still sung today
51:01 - The Christmas and Easter rhythm
54:04 - The Puritans
59:20 - The dangers of a feast
1:03:06 - Christmas will win
1:04:27 - Christmas aesthetics
1:06:10 - Charles Dickens
1:09:46 - Christmas in the US
1:12:13 - Santa Claus and marketing
1:14:54 - The Soviet Union
1:15:24 - Three Kings cake
1:16:40 - Commercialization
1:18:24 - Richard's Midwit Defence of Christmas
1:24:05 - Hamlet
1:26:08 - God enters history
1:28:27 - Christmas is not optional
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In this episode of the Universal History podcast, Richard Rohlin and I discuss Christmas, why it looks the way it does, how Christmas developed into what we have today, and why you absolutely should celebrate it if you’re a Christian.
Buy the Beowulf Course (You have to have a profile on our Symbolic World community, you can create one for free): thesymbolicworld.com/news/the-beowulf-course-by-richard-rohlin-and-jonathan-pageau
Join us at the Symbolic World Summit in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Date: Feb 29-Mar 2, 2024 Tickets start at $399: thesymbolicworld.com/summit
Timestamps:
0:00 - Coming up
0:57 - Intro music
1:22 - Introduction
2:14 - The Christmas wars
6:52 - Outline of this episode
7:57 - The essence of Christmas
14:51 - A glimmer of light
16:19 - From the moment of conception
19:57 - It's important to celebrate
20:32 - A period of preparation
22:48 - Winter comes with the cold
26:16 - Christmas carols
31:43 - Evergreenery
33:00 - The Feasting of the Poor
35:17 - Two rules about charity
43:45 - Paraliturgical ways to participate in Christmas
48:07 - Christmas in the early modern period
49:21 - Medieval Christmas carols still sung today
51:01 - The Christmas and Easter rhythm
54:04 - The Puritans
59:20 - The dangers of a feast
1:03:06 - Christmas will win
1:04:27 - Christmas aesthetics
1:06:10 - Charles Dickens
1:09:46 - Christmas in the US
1:12:13 - Santa Claus and marketing
1:14:54 - The Soviet Union
1:15:24 - Three Kings cake
1:16:40 - Commercialization
1:18:24 - Richard's Midwit Defence of Christmas
1:24:05 - Hamlet
1:26:08 - God enters history
1:28:27 - Christmas is not optional
💻 Website and blog: thesymbolicworld.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau
🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe
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Website: thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe
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Twitter: twitter.com/pageaujonathan
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Our website designers: resonancehq.io
My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.
