On the fourth Sunday of Advent, host Jack Socha and Bishop William Patrick Callahan reflect on preparing for Christmas amid ongoing COVID concerns, thanking priests, volunteers, and behind-the-scenes workers who make the season possible, and noting the 12 days of Christmas run from Christmas Day to Epiphany. The episode highlights heroism during a tornado at Monette Manor Nursing Home, generosity to Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy and Salvation Army red kettles, and a story of Jimmy Finch feeding tornado-stricken Mayfield, Kentucky. Socha discusses A Christmas Carol’s theme of conversion, shares the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914 through excerpts from “All Is Calm,” recounts Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” and offers a personal memory of Christmas Eve 1966 in the Pentagon. Bishop Callahan closes with a prayer and blessing.

00:24 Christmas Carol Intro

03:20 Host Welcome

03:48 Heroes in Crisis

05:42 Bishop Joins In

06:52 Advent Updates

07:45 Show 500 Thanks

09:45 Christmas Day Plans

12:51 Holiday Movies Talk

17:12 Giving and Donations

18:15 Advent Prayer Blessing

20:26 COVID Variant Explained

21:51 Holiday COVID Safety

22:53 Christmas Truce 1914

25:25 Truce Stories and Songs

37:05 Truce Ends and Toll

40:00 Local Giving Kettles

41:59 Longfellow Bells Story

49:03 Pentagon Christmas Pause

56:10 Tornado BBQ Kindness

58:34 Christian Dignity Closing