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Why The Holidays Are Secretly Crucial To Our Survival
Alex Schmidt and his special guest Jason Pargin (who writes for Cracked as David Wong) are taking a Christmas-sparked look at the overall, global, all-encompassing meaningfulness of holidays. Why does your culture, no matter who you are, spend time and resources and energy on a set of traditions? What are we missing if we become Too Modern to value a break from everyday life? And how can anyone generate a holiday feeling in their own heart, any time of the year?
Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/why-holidays-are-secretly-crucial-to-our-survival