Jolly old Santa Claus, as pictured on an undated postcard. (Image Courtesy of the Web site Karen's Whimsy)

How Christmas came to be

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/25/2006, 9:06 a.m.

Religion professor Bruce Forbes discusses the origins of the modern Christmas celebration. Recorded at St. John's University in Collegeville.

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with Bob Collins

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