What Is Your Christmas Tradition ?

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And this one is, again, I got my good friend, Dr. Duane, date the word Carson with me to enjoy this. But it's, what is your Christmas tradition? What is your family's Christmas tradition? What is your church's Christmas tradition? What is your individual Christmas tradition?

Whatever that may be, oh, we want to hear it, because it might inspire us along all sorts of new traditions for our family, our church, et cetera. You got to call us. It's 866. The number to call in and share is 866-348-7884.

866-348-7884. What's your Christmas tradition? And so, you know, just last night, Doc, you know, at my church, the Wednesday nights in December, we go caroling.

Oh, what a great tradition. Yeah, and we were at a CLABS nursing home in Asheboro, and singing up a storm, and there was an older man there that had Alzheimer's. I bet it brought back memories for him. Oh, he was Jingle Bellin, and he was joy to the world, and he was wishing us a Merry Christmas. And then what was funny is he got so, he was so excited that he went over, there was a piano over there, and he sits down at the piano, and he just starts playing random songs.

None of them happened to be Christmas. It didn't matter, man. It was just neat to see him rocking it.

I mean, he did. You stirred up great memories for him. Right, right. And so I love things like that. I just do. And I bet you've got one that stirred up in your mind, and you want to call us?

866-348-7884? How about you, Doc? Well, Christmas is a very special time to make memories.

And then through those memories come those things that you want to redo while creating new memories. You know, for me, today, 12-12, it's Poinsettia Day, so I always get a Poinsettia, because the Poinsettia is tied to Christmas, because when you look at it, it's supposed to remind us of the Star of Bethlehem. And the reason, unfortunately, we have Poinsettia today is because Mr. Poinsettia, who brought this flower from Mexico to America, this is the day he died. But because it's connected to Christmas, they decided to make, hey, this is going to be the National Poinsettia Day, and we have a Poinsettia here.

So if you're watching on Facebook, you can see this. Now, I thought immediately when you said 12-12 was National Poinsettia Day, I said, well, maybe it's got 12 leaves. One, two, three, four, five. No, not sure about that one. Is his name Poinsettia?

Yes, yes. He was the ambassador to Mexico in 1826, and he saw this flower, and he wanted to bring it back to America. And one of the things, they called it the Flower of the Holy Night because of its resemblance to the Star of Bethlehem. And then, of course, it's red, reminds us of the blood of Jesus. Within that flower looks like a crown. Right, the gold that's in the middle.

Yeah, and we're so reminded that Jesus was born to die. And it's interesting that it would be the star because I was telling you before, I took last year's poinsettia, and I nurtured it, babied it. That thing is six times the size that it was last year. Yes, they can grow to be very large. However, by November, I was noting that my poinsettia was not colorful. It looked like a green poinsettia. And so I Googled, like you might do, what do you do to turn your poinsettia red because mine is not flowering or whatever it is supposed to do. And they go, oh, well, back about September, you need to make sure it only got five hours of daylight because by keeping a poinsettia in the dark, it tricks it into thinking that it's winter.

And it blooms, it's supposed to bloom in December. And so you got to do a little star action for it because the stars only shine bright in the dark. Stars only shine bright in the dark, that's good. That's deep right there. You know, some people live for the night so they can see the stars.

That's right. And actually, where I live in Stokesdale, one of the highlights of the thing for me is when I come home at night because there's no artificial light out there anywhere, I mean, I can see the stars. It's absolutely spectacular. That makes the night experience just a lot different. We'll have to do another program sometime on how valuable darkness is because God uses it in our lives. And he shines brightest when we're in the darkest places. But that's for another show. Yes, tonight we got to find your traditions and you got to call us.

866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. What are some of the neat ones that we have here in the Carson household, one of your favorites that you look for? Yeah, one of the things I have loved to do for now, I don't know, maybe 20 years is we get the White House, the official White House Christmas ornament.

Now, this has nothing to do with politics. They started a historical association and this year the White House ornament is based on Jimmy Carter. Each year they do a White House ornament based on a president and they started with George Washington. They're all the way up now to Jimmy Carter. And every time I give someone this ornament, they open it up, the first thing they say, that is so gorgeous. It's just absolutely beautiful because it's an anchor and the anchor represents the fact that Jimmy Carter was part of the Navy. He was the only president to ever graduate from Annapolis, the Naval Academy.

And then he would serve on a nuclear submarine, but he also raised peanuts. But every year we get the White House, official White House ornament. This is beyond cool.

And I recommend everybody go Google that and get one because you will love it. What are your traditions? I know you got them, your Christmas traditions. Your church, your family, 866-348-7884.

Come on now, you got to call us. What is your family tradition today on Truth Talk Live? What's your church's Christmas tradition? What is your personal Christmas tradition? We would love to hear it.

You call us, 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. Excited to hear what yours might be. We got Mike is in Dayton, Ohio.

Mike, what you got for us today, my friend? Yeah, there's one big family tradition on my mom's side. She had nine brothers and sisters, and we used to just go over to my grandmother's house, but now my uncle has a restaurant bar, and he shuts down the bar, and we just did that a couple weekends ago, or last weekend, honestly. And he shuts down the bar, and a whole family comes in, and we have spaghetti dinner and all this Italian food. It is so much fun. And the sisters exchange gifts, but as a grandchild, I guess, in that part of the family, we just sit around and watch them have a good time together. And then all my kids come, and all their kids, and it's a full house.

I mean, it's amazing that we all get together still for Christmas, and people fly in from California and all over the place. So is your last name Ravioli? Well, my mom's last name is something like that, yes.

My mom's last name is Gelimbardo. Okay, there you go. Yeah, they even sell olive oil, so you know.

Oh, wow. Yeah, I mean, it's a great spaghetti dinner if you're in Ohio. Now, you know, how do you get an invite to the traditional, you know? Because that sounds outstanding. And so besides the spaghetti, you know, because I'm hungry, let's get into the, what all we got here? We got spaghetti, what else? Yeah, I mean, that's, you know, our... What kind of bread are we eating? Italian bread, and oh, I mean, it's awesome. Caesar salad, it's, you know, with Italian dressing. And so what's the traditional Christmas dessert in this feast?

Oh, they, I can't think the name, shoot. It's a special Italian dessert. Cannoli? Cannoli, yes, thank you. Yes, and it's a cannoli, oh my gosh, it's cannoli cake, cannoli whatever, all kinds of, you know, I'm not Italian.

Marlon Brando would be proud. My friend Vinnie Menino, he loves stuff like that, and so I love it, I love it. So you've made me hungry now, we're going to eat the spaghetti now. Were there big meatballs in that spaghetti or did they do meat sauce?

What is it? Well, we had marinara, we had meatballs as well. We had mostly those were for the kids because, you know, kids like meatballs. And so we had spaghetti cake. Yeah, we have a spaghetti cake, yes.

It's shaped in a cake and it has meat and the spaghetti is held together. All right, so let's talk cheese here, Mike, what kind of cheese we got going? You know, provolone, of course. Of course. I mean, parmesan, you know, yeah, of course, you know. Of course.

All right, you got us sufficiently hungry now, my friend. So that's awesome. I'm saying, you know, that's part of the deal is we are in a family.

Yes. And that family all coming together like that, the kids running around, it's some kind of special. And when we went caroling last night, Mike, we had the youth that we have came and some of them are pretty young and, you know, you can't help but watch the other residents at the nursing home there. They just love to see those kids. They love to see them running around.

You know, it's just a precious thing. Don't tell them to sit in and be quiet. Let them run.

Let them make noise. You know what I did this year, Robbie, at that family dinner or whatever? I went around, I mean, we have so many people. I mean, we have a thousand, I mean, there's a lot of people there. And I went around to everyone and the couples, and I took selfies with everyone.

I mean, I literally took my selfie and I took pictures of my uncle and my thing, and I posted it on Instagram, and it just was picture after picture after picture after picture, and it was fun to watch after I did that. You know, that was just something that God kind of said, why don't you go around and say hi to everyone and take a picture of yourself with them, you know what I mean? And I said, okay.

That's highlighted it. That is so awesome, Mike. Well, thank you for calling, my friend.

That is amazing. I'm looking forward to everybody's. You can call us with 866-348-7884, 866-344-TRUTH. We've got John is in Midway, North Carolina. John, you're on Truth Talk Live.

Hey, Robbie, how you doing, brother? I am excited to hear your tradition. Well, first of all, we go to Friedberg Moravian Church for their love feast. Yes.

Of course, yes. And we go to the early seating because we're old people. And then my wife makes this awesome pulled chicken chili. What now? Pulled chicken chicken. Oh, my goodness. You guys are going to starve me to death. So tell me about pulled chicken chili. What's in pulled chicken chili?

It's pulled chicken that she cooks a special way in a sauce, and then she puts it in the crock pot and simmers it. And then she puts chili beans and all kinds of flavor and some fresh vegetables. And then we have this great salad. I mean, it's not only colorful and beautiful and helpful, but it's really part of our Christmas tradition. And we're going to drink our favorite tea, and then we're going to listen to Christmas carols and we go to bed.

Well, let me tell you, that sounds like a blast. And so tell me about the tea. What kind of Christmas tea do you drink? It's anything that's decaf. Sometimes we make our own with sliced ginger, lemon slices, turmeric.

Oh, wow. Let's see, I'm forgetting something else anyway. And honey, oh, and sometimes on occasion we put a little bit of flavoring in it, but usually that's it, yeah.

So it's all good stuff. Yeah, man, I am telling you, John, once again, you've made me hungry. And pulled chicken chili.

Have you ever had it, Doc? No, I've had chicken stew since I've come down to Winston-Salem. But not pulled chicken chili. What a creative thing to do on Christmas. So this is, on Christmas Eve is when the love feast is, right? Christmas Eve, yep, we go to the Friedberg Moravian Church for the early sitting, and then we come home and have the chicken chili. The tree is lit, we have our meal, and then we have some Christmas carols, and then we're off to bed. And Jesus is coming in the morning. That's so wonderful, John.

Thank you for, that's so amazing. How about you? I know you've got a Christmas tradition. We would love to hear yours. 866-348-7884, 866-34-TRUTH. A lot of tradition coming up.

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What an amazing thing that we talk about. Family coming together, or church family coming together. Or how about Advent? Is that something that your church does? And is that something you look forward to pondering in your heart? You know, what does this Advent candle mean this year to me?

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866-348-7884. So I heard during the break that one of the traditions of the Carson family, oyster stew. Yes, on Christmas morning goes back to my mom inviting her parents to come over to our house. And she, my grandfather, Markham, loved oyster stew. So she always made, it was kind of like a gift to him. And then, you know, it just forms into a tradition.

Every year they're going to come up and we're going to have for Christmas morning. And we never had oyster soup for breakfast. For breakfast or oyster stew?

For breakfast. And so it really made it memorable. And so for me now with my grandparents and my parents having passed, my wife will fix for me my oyster stew for Christmas morning breakfast.

And the rest of the family hadn't gotten into this, but I still, it brings back a lot of memories. So are you going to have your traditional birthday shenanigans there that would come over? Well. You don't, you haven't decided yet. But I was going to say, if you happen to have any extra oyster stew, you know, I'd really like to try that this year.

Well, maybe try this on. My birthday being two days before Christmas. Right. That's a tradition, from what I understand, in the Carson family. Is it your birthday comes to you? I have to celebrate my birthday. I don't want them to miss it.

Especially as I'm getting older. You know, this idea of talking about traditions today, one of the things that comes to mind is the fact that the way you make traditions happen is by being intentional. And, you know, 13 days and it's Christmas. So some of the show is to say, hey, it's time to start thinking, what are you going to be doing this year to make memories for Christmas? What are those traditions that you want to see continue to happen? One of the things we like to do is with our Christmas Eve dinner. Right. Is have a special food, we're talking about food here, that we've never had before.

Really? So one year was deer meat, one year was rabbit meat, one year it was quail, one year we did go with the alligator. Have you done pheasant yet? Yes, we've done pheasant. And you can get them out of Wisconsin.

It's a great store up there. And so I tried to find something because you're going to have turkey, you're going to have ham, you're going to have roast beef or something like that. But we wanted to give something that the kids would be able to talk about that, yeah, this year we did buffalo. And people started asking, what did you have this year? But just trying to create those memories because the other side, you're trying to create the memories of remembering why we are celebrating Christmas. And we're after celebrating Christ. And one of the things we did, Robbie, with our kids was we'd have them read different stories.

I'd pick stories for them that would try to drive home the whole purpose of Christmas, the idea of Christ is coming to give. And one of those stories was called By Happiness. Have you ever heard By Happiness? No.

I'll give the short version of it. Is it B-U-Y Happiness? Uh-huh, By Happiness. A fashionable little girl clutched a wad of money had been given to her by her grandparents, carefully surveyed the aisles of a toy store. Her search ended as she stopped in front of a magnificent doll with a heart-shaped face and a velvet dress.

Do I have enough? she asked her father. He nodded yes and as she walked down the aisle with her new doll, she was so excited. But then she noticed another child and a father going through the same decision-making process. A little boy held only a few dollars in his hand.

His pants were too short and the sleeves of his jacket were frayed. He grew excited when he spotted a game on the shelf. This is what I want, he cried to his father.

Do I have enough? But the father lowered his eyes and shook his head no. The little boy looked at the money in his hand and then placed the game back on the shelf. He took his father's hand and they continued down the aisle toward a display of coloring books. The little girl studied the doll she had chosen and then she looked over at the game the little boy wanted. She went and put the doll back on the shelf and then picked up the game.

Do I have enough? she asked her father again. When he nodded yes, she ran to the cashier with her purchase. After paying for the game, the little girl whispered something to the cashier who quickly wrapped up the game and stuck it under the counter.

The girl and the father stood near the exit until the boy and the father checked out. Congratulations, you have been selected to win a prize, the cashier said to the boy, presenting him with the gift-wrapped game. While the boy cried as he opened the package, this is just what I wanted. That was very generous of you, sweetie, the little girl's father said as they left the store. What made you decide to do it? Daddy, didn't granny and grandpa want me to buy something that would make me happy?

Of course they did, honey. Well, I just did. It's better to give than to receive. We talked about that a little while ago. Acts 20, yeah.

Having that, if you want real joy, be a giver this Christmas. So we would read stories like that to our children. We'd have our children read them. Yeah, I've actually heard that. It's one of, there's a whole collection of those kind of things.

I didn't hear that. One of my favorites this year is on the tablecloth. Very similar.

Have you read it? And what a neat thing. Well, we would love to know yours, 866-348-7884, 866-34-TRUTH. That's the number to call in and share your family tradition. You know, we, many times after one time, we went out to find a family in need, right? And our church did that at Calvary where they would have baskets to take out to families that were in need.

And really, really fun. Well, we found that a lot of times we could find a family in need that we knew about and go visit them. And some of those were my favorite Christmases with my kids because one year the family was so needy. My kids wanted to go get their presents under the tree and give them to the kids that we had come across, you know, at that particular house. And another time there was a lady that actually we'd met here at the radio station and she had been abused by her husband and there was no places for her to stay that wouldn't take her kids, right?

All the shelters and whatever for battered moms were like, well, we can hug you but we can't take your kids. And so, you know, the Lord provided a way that we could kind of help her out. I can remember my wife actually doing laundry for this lady like it was right around Christmas. I won't say it was Christmas Eve but maybe a night or two before and just doing laundry, doing laundry, doing laundry. And like you said, it was way more blessed to give than to receive. What does that look like in your family traditions?

866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. You know, another one for our breakfast, somebody gave us years ago, it's a French toast casserole that is just off the hook. It's got cream cheese in it, lots of cream cheese and it's got syrup and it's got eggs and it's got half and half.

And I mean, this is rich stuff. And then we also do this sausage casserole which has got cheddar cheese and sausage and all that and eggs. And then we have those ready Christmas Eve, those go in the refrigerator so that Christmas morning before the present opening begins, you know, we put those babies in the oven so by the time that we've opened our presents, those two casseroles are and it's a serious feast, Nick.

I'm telling you. Serious feast. It's a serious feast right there before, you know, and it's all ready and just awesome. Well, we'll get ready to go to a break. But when we come back, I think we ought to find out if Robbie knows the story of the candy cane. Oh, and how about you? What's your tradition?

866-348-7884. There's all sorts of traditions like that. The candy cane. Oh, I'm looking forward to it.

We'll be right back. That's Snoopy and the Red Baron right there. What's your Christmas tradition? Maybe it's Snoopy outside your house somewhere. I don't know. Well, it's got to be watching Charlie Brown's Christmas because we want to hear the real reason of Christmas. Because old Linus, boy, does he nail it or what? He does. And we would love your calls.

866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. So you promised him the reason for the candy cane. That's a tradition. You know, I used to just see a candy cane, never thought anything about it. Then one day someone handed me a card and said that the candy cane was put together by a candy maker so people could learn about Jesus. And I'm like, how do you learn about Jesus from a candy cane?

And he said, well, it started with the white candy. It represented his purity and his righteousness. And then the red represented his blood. And then you've got the solid rock.

It's solid. It reminds you of his promises. And then they said, you always look at it. It's got stripes.

Well, you know, I'm learning stuff. Jesus was whipped by his stripes were healed. And then it talks about how it's a staff, a shepherd's staff.

But if you turn it upside down, it's a J and the J stands for Jesus. And that was another thing that I had to learn as I came into Christianity. And, you know, one of the things about Christmas, Rob, is the opportunity for some families to start creating traditions. And maybe with this program, we're stirring up with some people.

You know, what can I do to help my family learn about Christmas, learn about? And there's one thing that you that you could say about a candy cane. You didn't see just saying. It's sweet. Oh, how sweet it is to trust. Oh, well, I don't I didn't have that. I always learn something from you.

The sweetness of the candy cane is how sweet it is to trust in Jesus. Yeah, there you go. You know, I was just thinking about it, but I liked it. I had I'd heard most of that. I had not heard the stripes, but we know you got one and we would love to hear it.

866-348-7884. Like we always you open a present on Christmas, one present on Christmas Eve. No. Yes, we did. And traditionally, my wife would usually give them that. They could almost expect it was coming.

What do you think it was, Doc? Something to eat. Pajamas. Pajamas. That's what they would get Christmas Eve.

And they would. Well, that's a good thing. Then you take Christmas pictures in your pajamas. Right, right, right, right. Christmas Eve. Everybody's, you know, nestled in, you know, sugar plums and dancing around their head and et cetera, et cetera. Of course, there is watching movies.

Now we've got them all the time. But as I was growing up, you didn't get to see too many Christmas movies. So to see one was very special. It's a wonderful life. It's a wonderful life. I remember when I finally watched the whole thing.

And I thought, because it's kind of long. But as I watched it, I realized what a great. Christian truth that we do have a life that no matter how we're living it, we have the opportunity to impact other people's lives. And when old George Bailey realized you didn't know how many lives you had impacted.

And all of us have that opportunity. And through Christmas traditions, you can impact your family, your friends and. And your neighbors, because you get decorate your house. Yeah.

In different ways. And again, point them to the savior. So we have these. We love them that we have a Mary, not the traditional plastic Mary. We have a Mary that's in real clothes and all that stuff.

And we always every year we try to figure out the best place to illustrate her. When the little baby Jesus and a Joseph that, you know, it's all part of that nativity thing. But part of our display in our neighborhood is always going to be Jesus.

Right. And we have a beautiful Moravian star that goes over the manger scene, whatever that may be. And, you know, it's part of being here in North Carolina. You've got to have a Moravian star. But I realize today you may be in Dayton, Ohio, but you're going to have to find out what a Moravian star is.

Well, I was just wondering, can you tell us real quickly? What is the Moravian star coast? Again, I moved here five years ago, and I'm just still learning about the Moravians and the fascinating things that they do. They have Christian and Christmas traditions. One of which is the love feast that John talked about. And, you know, they're going to celebrate communion, obviously, on Christmas Eve.

It's beautiful. And that love feast is what they're talking about is obviously the ultimate love feast. Yeah.

Yeah. So what is this Moravian star? So Moravian houses, if you ever come to Winston-Salem, you'll see that they have this sort of rounded-looking cover that's sort of the porch. And underneath them, traditionally in Winston-Salem, they're going to have a Moravian star, which is I don't know how many points are on a Moravian star. A Moravian could call in and tell us, but a bunch.

Yes. And so it probably has 20, 25 points on a Moravian star. So it's got light beams coming out of it in every direction.

And, you know, it's very unique and absolutely beautiful, especially, you know, they're sort of white plastic-looking things when they're not lit. But when you light them up, it looks like a real star. And there was a star that pointed wise men to Jesus. And Daniel says that we shine bright like stars when we point people to Jesus. So maybe it's a good reminder, when we have that star hanging there, to point people to Jesus at Christmas. Riley, your church, what are some things you guys are going to be doing?

Hit it now. Yeah, one of the traditions hopefully we're starting, that they did years ago, but they hadn't done it for a while, but we have got a Christmas play coming on Sunday night. Now, were you on a Christmas play?

Of course. And I wrote this particular Christmas play, you know, in my Christian car guy theater tradition. It's called The Camel That Knew Christmas.

And so the narrator threw out this particular drama that's going to go on, again, this Sunday at 6 o'clock at West Asheville Baptist Church. This camel may have a few dad jokes, just saying, in the Robbie tradition. So I know, Nick, you would love to see.

Nick, we've got to go so we can hear these Robbie dad jokes. Coming up, right, The Camel Knew Christmas, 6 o'clock at West Asheville Baptist Church in Nashville. Now, when you were younger, did you participate in any? Oh, one of the things I'll always, as long as, I'll never forget, is that we would go caroling as a church. And we would go caroling in these nursing homes, just like we did last night. And one time, they made me the soloist, because back then I actually had a soprano voice, you know. And this little lady from the back, I'll never, ever forget it. She'd sing, choir boy, sing. And she was just, you know, just like I said, when they see a young person, they go, wow. And that was such, I don't know, it was validation on a level I had not received in my singing. And I've loved nursing homes ever since and always, you know, just become just part of what I do.

Just based on that lady that validated me back then. Well, I continue to get asked to sing solo. Solo, no one can hear me. My wife, she just is very adamant that I sing solo at Christmas. And Easter comes along and they say, why don't you sing on a hill far away? What is that all about, Robbie? I thought we were supposed to be making a joyful noise and singing unto the Lord.

When I was growing up, we would have those Christmas plays and some of the best memories of being in those plays, portraying the Christmas story. You know who I always wanted to be? Joseph. Do you know why?

Why? He didn't have any lines. When you read the Christmas story, Joseph never says anything.

Now that you mention it, I'm thinking about my own script. And so we casted a young man that basically was just very comfortable not saying anything. Yep, every guy wants the part of Joseph. They don't want to be an angel. They don't want to be a shepherd. We've got a few sheep too.

That's not bad. I think it's great when churches have programs for children to participate in. It's just another way of learning what is the true reason for the season. And traditions that we do should all be pointing all of us to what did Jesus do for us? And you do think about the feast that we're going to have one day in heaven. When we're having these Christmas feasts, that's just a small taste of what it's going to be like to be at the marriage supper of the Lamb. It's going to be incredible. And the family time. We are part of the family of God. So other traditions that Robbie may be doing this year.

I'm putting you on the spot. Well, I definitely look forward to just having that time with my family just like anybody. And that Christmas dinner that we normally will eat venison. So you're taking care of the reindeer in a different way.

We're going to rain down. I can remember one time my granddaughter saw the reindeer. Grandma, daddy, grandpa killed Rudolph.

Well, he was going to try to run over me. Well, as you're thinking about your Christian Christmas traditions, right? You can begin to get warmed up and excited about what God may have. And start those new ones, right, Doc? Start new ones. Read the Christmas story at your Christmas dinner. There you go. Stuff to remember. Well, thanks so much for listening today and thanks for your calls.