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Steve Webb: It's day 19 of the
2022 encore of the 2009 season

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of the Lifespring Why Christmas
show hosted by James Cooper,

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creator of whychristmas.com. And
me the OG Godcaster Steve Webb

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of Lifespringmedia.com. Every
day from now to Christmas day

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you'll hear an episode from the
2009 season. And if you're not

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yet subscribed or following the
show, you can do that at

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Lifespring why Christmas dot
show and you're running out of

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time. For what? On the Christmas
Day show we're going to have a

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drawing to see which lucky
listener will win an autographed

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copy of Bryan Duncan's A
NehoSoul Christmas CD. Hurry on

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over to Lifespringmedia.com
slash day nine to see how to

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enter. That's
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numeral nine with no spaces.
Both James and I hope you're

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enjoying the show. If you are
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bit of value, you can do that
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slash support.

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Hey, have you sent in your entry
for the Christmas trivia

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contest? You know, the one where
you could win a signed copy of

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Bryan Duncan's A NehoSoul
Christmas? You haven't? Well,

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there's still time. Quit
lollygagging around and take a

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break from your Christmas
shopping and check out the show

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notes for Episode Nine of the
Lifespring Why Christmas show.

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Go on. Do it now. Oh, and in
case you want to hear a promo

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for the CD, it'll be at the end
of this episode.

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Hello, and welcome back to the
Lifespring why Christmas show.

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There's just one week left
before the big day. I'm Steve

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Webb and today we're going to
learn about Christie angles. The

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word Christian angle actually
means Christ's light and

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celebrates the light of Jesus
coming into the world but it's a

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bit of a mystery as to how the
Christian angles came into

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being. There are several stories
of how the custom was started.

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There's an ancient Welsh service
called sellin egg and being a

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Welsh word I'm sure I didn't
pronounce that at all right. But

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in this service crystals are
used, and the Moravian Church

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part of the Czech Republic has
held Christingle services for

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over 200 years. And this is how
some Czech people think the

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first first angle might have
been made. Many years ago,

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children were asked to take a
gift to put beside the crib in

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church. One family had no money
for gifts, but were determined

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to take something they found an
orange which they felt would be

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okay, but we're disappointed to
find that it had mold on the

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top. However, they thought they
would scoop out the bad bits and

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put a candle in the top and turn
it into a lantern. Thinking that

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it looked a bit ordinary this
way one of the girls took a red

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ribbon from her hair and tied it
around the middle. They had

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difficulty getting it to stay in
place. So they fastened it with

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four small sticks on the end of
which they put a few raisins.

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They took their ladder to church
but we're afraid of the

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reactions of the other children.
However, the priest acknowledged

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their gift and told the
congregation how special it was

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for the following reasons. The
orange is round like the world.

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The candle stands tall and
straight and gives light in the

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dark like the love of God. The
red ribbon goes all around the

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world and is a symbol of the
blood Jesus shed when he died

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for us. The four sticks point in
all directions in symbolizes

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north, south, east and west.
They also represent the four

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seasons. The fruit and nuts or
sometimes candy represents the

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fruits of the earth nurtured by
the sunshine and the rain. Some

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children in the UK make their
own Christian angles and

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gathered together to light them
in a church service that raise

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money for children's charities.
And so now you know one story of

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how the Christian girl came into
being. I hope you're enjoying

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the light spring White Christmas
show. Please tell a friend so

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they can enjoy it too. Until
tomorrow, may God bless you

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richly. And Merry Christmas. I'm
Steve Webb

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Bryan Duncan: Hey, just because
Christmas comes every year

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doesn't mean you have to hear
the songs the same way this

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year. Make it a NehoSoul
Christmas with Bryan Duncan and

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the NehoSoul Band. There's
almost enough songs here to play

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one for each day of the 12 days
of Christmas. Or sit back, enjoy

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a glass of eggnog while taking
in the whole record. It's just

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that good.

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luck That's right, it's Bryan
Duncan and the NehoSoul Band

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playing A NehoSoul Christmas.
Yes, you won't recognize some of

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your favorite Christmas tunes
until Bryan Duncan comes in

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singing. Put the record on while
you decorate your tree this year

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and you will be finished in half
the time. Christmas come but

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once a year say bells ringing. I
listening. It's A NehoSoul

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Christmas with Bryan Duncan and
the NehoSoul Band playing for

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your friends over a loudspeaker
on your front yard or just long

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enough to re-gift all those
things you got last year that

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you didn't want.

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That's right, avoid the
exhaustion that comes with the

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Christmas season this year with
a neo soul Christmas on your

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turntable. You could staple
those lights to your eaves while

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snapping your fingers to a
catchy little version of Have

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Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas. Merry Little

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Christmas. That your heartbeat.
You'll hear songs like Christmas

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time is here. The way Charlie
Brown wished it had been sung.

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Christmas

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Oh, holy night. What a great
time you'll have waiting for

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Santa while listening to a neo
soul Christmas. Holy Night. The

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stars are brightly shining. You
too can help the neo soul band

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celebrate their own Christmas.
Buy now. Buy early and buy

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often. Bye now.

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now. And it's one.

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Buy now. Buy early and buy
often. Bye bye now. Bye bye now.

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Bye bye now.

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Elf: Yes, folks. It's true.
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today at BryanDuncan.com