Long before modern debates about Santa, paganism, or December 25, Christmas was outlawed, fined, and erased from public life—especially by the Puritans, who saw it as unbiblical and socially dangerous. In this episode, we tell the story of how Christmas nearly disappeared, and how it returned transformed.

From Washington Irving’s nostalgic vision of “Old Christmas” to Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, we explore how Christmas was rescued—not by laws or theology, but by imagination, compassion, and moral clarity. This episode reveals why Christmas still matters, why joy keeps returning, and why incarnation refuses to stay abstract.