On today’s show, James Cooper tries to get his tonsils around four different ways of saying Happy Christmas and all from India – Hindi & Urdu, Sanskrit, Bengali and Tamil! And we’ll also find out a bit more about Christmas in India.
On today’s show, we have a listener who tells us how to say “Merry Christmas” in Chinese, so host Steve Webb uses the opportunity to talk about how Christmas is celebrated in China.
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Part of the discussion of China was specifically about Hong Kong celebrations, which also include a six week long celebration called Winterfest.
Here’s a video showing part of the light- and laser show associated with Winterfest:
Steve Webb recently interviewed David Phelps on the Lifespring! Show. David recently released a new CD/DVD set called “O Holy Night”, and we hear the title cut on this show!
If you like the song, buy the entire CD/DVD by clicking on the album art below. Proceeds will help support the ministry of Lifespring Media.
Welcome to the Lifespring! Why Christmas Show for 2008! This is the third year for this Christmas podcast.
If you’re a regular Lifespring! listener you might have heard the Christmas member of the Lifespring! family for the last couple of years! If this is your first time listening to the LIfespring! Why Christmas Show or any Lifespring! show, then welcome – it’s great to have you with us! The LIfespring! Why Christmas Show is a joint project between the Lifespring Media family and the whychristmas?com website.
On today’s show, Steve Webb and James Cooper give the listeners a bit of a heads up on what the shows will be about this year, and tackle the first “foreign language” Merry Christmas!
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