New year’s resolutions aren’t doomed to fail, Halloween isn’t about devil worship, and Christmas isn’t celebrated on December 25th because Jesus was born that day. On today’s episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd debunks a handful of common misconceptions about major holidays.
00:00 Intro
01:01 New Year's
02:07 Valentine's Day
03:31 Ramadan
05:03 Easter
06:02 Juneteenth
07:55 Halloween
09:25 Thanksgiving
11:28 Hanukkah
12:30 Christmas
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