Steve Webb  0:02  
Merry Christmas. This is day 18 of the 2022 encore of the 2009 season of the Lifespring White Christmas show hosted by James Cooper, creator of whychristmas.com and me the OG Godcaster Steve Webb of Lifespringmedia.com. Every day from now to Christmas day you'll hear an episode from the 2009 season. And if you're not yet subscribed or following the show, you can do that at LifespringWhyChristmas dot show. And on the Christmas Day show we're going to have a drawing to see which lucky listener will win an autographed copy of Bryan Duncan's A NehoSoul Christmas CD. For details on how you can enter go to Lifespringmedia.com slash day nine to see how. That's Lifespringmedia.com slash d a y numeral nine no spaces. This is a value for value podcast. It's free and there are no ads on the show. But if you've been enjoying the show so far this month would you be willing to make James and Mike Christmas a little happier by sending a Christmas gift our way here's where you can do that

Jingle  1:03  
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Steve Webb  1:03  
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James Cooper  1:11  
Hello, and welcome to Day 18 of the 2009 Lifespring my Christmas show. Well, yesterday Steve told you a bit about some Christmas food in that Christmas pudding and I thought I'd continue with that today with a couple more bits of festive fare. Well, you might or might not have had some mince pies yet. Unlike Christmas pudding and their name, they originally filled with minced lamb rather than the dried fruit mix as they are today. And they were also first made in oval shape to represent Jesus's manger. And often they had little pastry Jesus put on the top. I'm rather partial to a hot mince pie with some ice cream. A custom from the Middle Ages said that if you eat a mince pie on every day from Christmas to 12th Night, that's the sixth of January, you'll have happiness for the next 12 months. Now another Christmas favorite over here in the UK is the Christmas cake, which is a very rich fruit cake. And traditionally, the fruit in it is either soaked in brandy or rum and it's rather than alcoholic affair. Recipes for mince pies and Christmas cakes are over in the Christmas custom section of whychristmas.com. Tomorrow Steve will be telling you about a Christmas decoration that's made up of some edible parts the Christingle right now where did I put those mince pies

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