Audiovisual Media>Audio Recording:  Hodgman, John (12.23.2005), Act Two. No Tenenbaum, No Tenenbaum., This American Life, 305: The This American Life Holiday Spectacular, Retrieved on 2013-04-29
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    29 APR 2013

     Christmas is Not Christian

    I have decked my soundproof booth with boughs of holly and, of course, poinsettia or, some say, poin-settia. Though it is actually pronounced pon-see-ha. Did you know that it is a Mexican plant? It is. Named for the ambassador to Mexico, James Poinsett, it was brought to our country in 1828 and quickly became favored over its predecessor, the Christ-odendron. Some might argue we've ended up with an inferior, less godly plant. But in fact, history shows us so little of Christmas is actually C...
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    Most of the traditions we embrace for the holiday have pagan origins.

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