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Steve Webb: Merry Christmas!
It's finally arrived Christmas

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Day. James and I are so excited
to play this encore edition of

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the 2009 Christmas Day episode
of The Lifespring White

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Christmas show for you hosted by
James Cooper, creator of

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whychristmas.com and me the OG
Godcaster Steve Webb of

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Lifespringmedia.com. During this
episode, you'll hear answers to

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the quiz questions and the
drawing we held for 2009 winner.

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And you probably want to know
who this year's winner is. So

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let's do that right now before
we play the episode, what I've

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done is I've made a numbered
list of all the names of people

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who have sent in the correct
answers to the quiz and I'm

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using an online random number
generator from random.org to

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select the winning names number.
On the website, it says

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random.org offers true random
numbers to anyone on the

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internet. The randomness comes
from atmospheric noise, which

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for many purposes is better than
the pseudo random number

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algorithms typically used in
computer programs. People use

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random.org for holding drawings,
lotteries and sweepstakes to

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drive online games for
scientific applications. And for

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art and music. So let's see who
our winner is. The winner of the

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autograph Bryan Duncans A
NehoSoul Christmas CD is Bryan

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Kennedy. Congratulations, Bryan.
I know you'll enjoy it. Thanks

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to everybody who participated in
set in answers to the quiz. And

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before I play the episode, I do
want to say thank you so much

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for listening to the show this
month. I've really enjoyed

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bringing back the 2009 episodes
for you for James Cooper of

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whychristmas.com. and me...
Merry Christmas.

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Hello, and Merry Christmas.
Welcome to the Lifespring White

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Christmas show for Christmas
Day. I'm Steve Webb. And I think

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that James is on the other line.
James, Merry Christmas.

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James Cooper: And Happy
Christmas to you, Steve and a

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very happy Christmas to all the
listeners of the Lifespring Why

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Christmas show.

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Steve Webb: So obviously all
your gifts are probably open

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now. Did does Santa Claus bring
what you wanted?

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James Cooper: Uh, yes, he did.
Thank you. He was very good to

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me this year.

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Steve Webb: Yeah, Santa is like
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James Cooper: Well, yes, he is a
personal friend, sort of running

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the Christmas site. So you know,
he kind of has to or he's in

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trouble.

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Steve Webb: You know, I suppose
he probably drops off at your

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place every once in a while
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James Cooper: One

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One...why, you know, he's quite
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text and things. Yeah. Just so,
he has to keep it like that,

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really.

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Steve Webb: Yeah, that's true.
He's a pretty busy guy. But he

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does have your your number and
you text back and forth. But

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that's cool. Yeah, not many
people can say they have Santa's

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personal cell phone number so
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James Cooper: Yeah, you know,
special contact.

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Steve Webb: That's pretty that's
pretty cool. You know, I'm just

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a lucky guy to know James
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James Cooper: Well, how about
you have you and your family had

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a good Christmas day so far?

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Steve Webb: We had a great
Christmas thus far. We woke up

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early this morning and the boys
came out and around the tree and

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you know, they opened up their
their gifts. And my oldest boy

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Matthew is coming over with his
new bride later on today, and

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we're going to have Christmas
dinner. And in just a little

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bit. I think we're gonna go see
the new Sherlock Holmes movie.

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James Cooper: Ooh, the Old Guy
Ritchie,

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Steve Webb: Guy Ritchie?

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James Cooper: He directed it.

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Steve Webb: Oh, I didn't know
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James Cooper: So it's like,
"Sherlock Holmes is like this

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innit?"

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Steve Webb: Very good. Yeah,
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previous for the movie that
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pretty good one. So I've always
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read all the Sir Arthur Conan
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James Cooper: oh, yeah, me too.

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Steve Webb: I really enjoy him.
Yeah. So anyway, it's Christmas

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day. What do you think we should
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James Cooper: Well, you never
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about the birth of Jesus.

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Steve Webb: That's a great idea.
That's what it is all about.

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James Cooper: Indeed. And the
story is in chapter two of the

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book of Luke, and says, In those
days, Caesar Augustus issued a

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decree that a census should be
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This was the first census that
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governor of Syria, and everyone
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register. So Joseph went up from
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to Judea to Bethlehem, the town
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the house and the line of David.
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Mary, who was pledged to be
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a child. While they were there,
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born, and she gave birth to her
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him in cloths and placed him in
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Steve Webb: You know, this is
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me, God coming to earth as a
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incredible. But we don't really
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birth we're not told his weight
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born on. We do know that Mary
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Bethlehem to take part in a
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its reputation for maternity
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of its kind and was taken so
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tax everyone in the empire
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to register in their historical
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they actually lived at the time.
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lived in Nazareth. But since
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town, it was also the town of
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had to travel to Bethlehem,
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miles or 112 kilometers.

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James Cooper: The journey would
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foot or donkey, and they might
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because if they're there arrived
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likely they'd have found some
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motels, hotels and inns didn't
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stayed with your extended
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shared their houses with the
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slept on an upper level within
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on the ground floor, and were
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Steve Webb: Bethlehem would have
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because it was the home or
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So all the houses or certainly
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full. So Mary and Joseph had to
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a very crowded and smelly lower
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stable or a cave or even a
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animals for food, not exactly
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And with no proper crib
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placed in a manger or a feeding
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James Cooper: So that's some of
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Jesus. If you'd like to know
some more, head on over to the

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story section of
whychristmas.com.

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Steve Webb: Now it's time James
for the big announcement. The

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Yeah, the result of our
Christmas trivia competition,

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we're lucky listener will win a
signed copy of our good friend

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Bryan Duncan's Christmas album,
A NehoSoul Christmas. Thank you

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to everyone who's taken part in
sent us their entries. Now

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before we announce the winner,
let's hear the answers to the 10

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questions. And over to you,
James.

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James Cooper: Okay, here are the
10 questions and their answers.

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Number one. What famous
Christmas classic did Bing

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Crosby recalled in 1942? And the
answer was White Christmas.

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Number two, what was the name of
Mary's cousin she went to visit

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when she was pregnant. And that
was Elizabeth. Number three, who

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invented the first electric
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trees. And it was an American
telephonist named Ralph Morris.

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Number four. What's the name of
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celebrated around the same time
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Hanukkah. Number five. How many
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Paul Santa sleigh? And that's
eight. Number six. What sweet

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bread is eaten for Christmas Day
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Belgium. And that's cougnou.
Number seven. What town was

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Jesus born in? We just heard
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Number eight. What coin is
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your portion of Christmas
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coin or a silver six pence.
Number eight. Sorry number nine

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even. in what country would you
sing the carol Sambasamba

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Zanahary? That's Madagascar. And
finally, number 10. What ancient

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religion might the white men
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Zorastrian ism.

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Steve Webb: So I've got a Santa
hat here with all the correct

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entries. And I'm going to pull
one out and we got to get them

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all mixed up here. Okay, here we
go. Drumroll please.

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Excellent. The winner is Rhonda
Evans. Rhonda. Congratulations.

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I will be going over to Bryan's
house later today even and we'll

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get the CD signed. And I'll get
that in the post to you as

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quickly as I possibly can.

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To everybody who sent in an
entry thank you so very much. We

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appreciate your participation.
Hope you had fun. If nothing

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else just learning about
cougnou. I mean who knew?

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James Cooper: Well the Belgians.

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Steve Webb: Well that's true.
Yeah. So anyway, James, anything

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James Cooper: Congratulations to
Rhonda as well. I know you'll

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to say?

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love the album. It's a great
one. I've had it playing away in

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the build up to Christmas and
it's great fun. If you didn't

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win and you'd like to buy a copy
for yourself, which I thoroughly

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recommend. Then go on over to
Bryan duncan.com where you can

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order a real CD from the man
himself or you can buy it

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digitally as I did from
indieheaven.com The links are

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also in the show notes at
lifespringwhychristmas.com.

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Steve Webb: Well, James, it has
been so fun doing this again

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this year. Obviously I couldn't
do without you. And it is is

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just great fun. I enjoyed
talking to you. And you know,

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one of these days, we have to
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James Cooper: Yes, that would be
good. We've wept camped foot.

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Steve Webb: That's true. I'm
looking forward to that someday.

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And you know, if not on this
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we'll get to meet in heaven.

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James Cooper: Absolutely. And
you'll be able to say, wow,

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you're shorter than I thought.

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Steve Webb: You know, my brother
in law, Steve O'Brien, who's a

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pastor my church is, well, let's
see, vertically challenged.

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James Cooper: Yeah, that would
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Steve Webb: as is some other of
my friends that we've even

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talked about today. And so you
know, I've gained some

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sensitivity to that.

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Well, Merry Christmas,
everybody. God bless you. I hope

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that this day is the most
special Christmas you've ever

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had.

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James Cooper: And for me to a
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Steve Webb and James Cooper: Merry
Christmas