# Ep 23 | Pagan Holiday?? The Truth About Christmas | Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess

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Podcast: [Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess](https://stenobird.com/podcast/strange-encounters-with-rick-burgess-253677)
Published: 2025-12-20T12:00:00+00:00
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Christmas traditions vary from family to family, but where do these traditions come from? Some claim that Christmas is actually a pagan holiday, like Halloween. Is it really all about the birth of Christ? When was Christ actually born? Can Christians celebrate Santa? Hear the answers and the biblical truth as Rick Burgess uses the power of the Bible to win the spiritual war going on around us on this episode of "Strange Encounters." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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