The true Meaning of Christmas

This is the 2nd deep-dive podcast episode! I am really excited to have a Christmas themed one and I hope you are going to enjoy listening. We are taking a look at the origins of the christmas we know today and see how the holiday developed and how its values and meanings changed with time. In the second part I am discussing what Christmas currently is largely about, analysing how the marketing industry is commercialising the holiday and along the way learn more about Santa Claus and his origin!

If you enjoyed listening and want to learn more, feel free to check out these resources:

Academic Reading

Shelby Burroughs: Consumer Capitalist Christmas: How Participation in Christmas Frames Us as Religious Subjects

Daniel Miller: Christmas - An anthropological lens

Andrew Smith: Dicken‘s Ghosts: Invisible Economies and Christmas

Sue Saltmarsh: Spirits, Miracles and Clauses: Economy, Patriachy and Childhood in Popular Christmas Texts

Podcast recommendation

History Extra Podcast: The history of Christmas: Everything you wanted to know

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