Hello, everybody, I'm Dennis Prager, and this is fireside chats number two. Eighteen, two hundred and eighteen, we didn't miss a week, Covin No Covin trips, no trips, I'm pretty! made it through the fireside chats what this is. If you are new to this very simple, I offer you thoughts from my heart and my mind. It is completely unrehearsed There is no wonder they call it the prompt there. Yes, I'm not reading from a teleprompter and it's a real way to be spontaneous and then take questions from you in different parts of the world who were watching well. This is the Christmas show because it's coming out right before Christmas. I wish you a merry Christmas, and I want to talk to you about that, because

oz, this so much confusion. So I'll give you a perfect example. A professor of law at the law school in Indiana many years ago wrote a column about how she opposed a Christmas tree in the lobby in the main lobby of the of the law school and her reasoning was it's not inclusive. How, with a non christian, feel. So I'm a non Christian, I'm in a religious practicing, Jew And- I love the Christmas tree in the lobby of my school and I love Christmas music- and I love Christmas, and I will

explain why, on all of these matters and I'm crazy about Christmas music, it puts me in a good mood. I normally listen to classical 50s rock and roll and a smattering of jazz and a whole host of other things. I love music, but in this season I listen to Christmas carols Christmas music and I love it. It puts me in a good mood, so why would that be? If I'm not a Christian, why would I love Christmas? So I'll put it to you in a different way and then answer it. Why wouldn't I love Christmas? It it it's!

What does the sullen go? It's too happy a season of them all right. Isn't that one of the famous songs? It really is- and you know when I learned this this this will, I hope, interest you. So when I was twenty years old I studied in England my third year in college. I was in England and. I used I. I want a wonderful award for my college to to study abroad. They paid for the whole year and they gave me a stipend. I was very love very lucky. They gave it to one student and I was very Peter to receive it? So I went England and with the money that they would be me every week. I would say give up and then take trips. So during Christmas vacation, and at that time it was called Christmas vacation, which is exactly what it should be called because that's what it is I'll get back to that too. I went to Morocco, the chief.

this way I could, by train and by boat first, the boat across the english channel than a boat from the bottom of Spain. Over to Morocco, I mean, of course I could have flown in o in like ninety minutes, but I I didn't, have the money for a flight, so I went by train in both to Morocco. Why did I gotTa Morocco because I I want then at a very early age to go to every country in the world. So far, I've been to a hundred, and thirty I still have about seven, even though and it gets harder and harder. I must say: what's he reached a hundred thirty anyway went to Morocco spent two weeks in Morocco, own travelling alone is blossom. You have the most intense experiences because you can't look to a friend for cultural reinforcement. You have to adapt to the culture of

a country to very different experience travelling alone, it's more fun with somebody, but it's more intense when you, Well, anyway, I was alone- and this was, as I said, Christmas vacation and it hit me on all of a sudden really hit me hard. I'm missing home I had missed home for one day in England. Why am I missing home and, like I analyze myself, a great deal and I needed to know, what's bothering me? Am I hit upon it? I'm I'm missing. Christmas are missing the Christmas music and the Christmas trees, the Christmas declarations, the merry Christmas that people said to each other and I thought,

Wait a minute I come from a religious, jewish or which didn't even have a Christmas tree. Why am I missing Christmas? Then? I realized Coz its awesome. That's why it's a fantastic time of the year. I was in a muslim country and there was no Christmas, and that was an awakening to me, one of the many awakenings that I've had in my life, and that was one or one of I really missed christmas- and I now miss Christmas in a different way, because of course I knew what we bent on whether Otto would get up and leave. I don't know why we have a theory that he thinks it's lunchtime or anyway. So it said what what can we do? Maybe snoop

we welcome and sit there well. Be that as it may, there really is a war on Christmas. To deny that is too is to really do something very common. An awful, lighter yourself look here. Here are some examples. Everybody had a Christmas vacation when I was a kid today, nobody does its Winthrop vacation. It's an example: every company had a Christmas party, that's what it was call a Christmas party, virtually no company now in Amerika has a Christmas party. It's a holiday party. By the way, I always get a kick out of that when people say to me happy holiday. So if I'm an frisky mood, I go what holiday did you have in mind? I get a kick out of them, just to get them to say Christmas and, of course,

merry. Christmas has been supplanted by happy holiday. So it's almost like the c word you just you not supposed to water it. Every other holiday is mentioned in America is a mention is mentioned by name, have a happy thanksgiving happy new year. Enjoy your July. Fourth, but Christmas is a holiday. So please, just let's be honest, there's been a desire two and in effect, obliterated for the reasons. The theoretical reason that that professor at this law school gave its not inclusive, if they say merry Christmas on an airplane? God forbid, they won't be inclusive. What does that mean not to be inclusive? I always give me a jewish example in Israel, the jewish new year on the radio and citizens,

citizen in the street think Ocean Ethel version of happy new year border pointy. Twenty percent of Israel is not is not jewish. So what? If you're not a Jew? Is it not inclusive to say happy new year? theoretically, Smart Inclusive so should is rarely stop saying, shall not over on the radio you every country has holidays and by the way I always remind people. Christmas is a national holiday, not just a christian holiday is in national american holiday, am, I am a member of the american nation, and I owe it to my fellow citizen to have them and help them enjoy.

International national holiday, which is also my national holiday, not inclusive, that's the most meaningless phrase. Well, it's not true that the competition from meaningless phrases is intense, Not now, ladies and gentlemen, returning let us out about always evening something I dont know, please you you can push a bulldog whether Cobb but all add on the bed awakens away away to the better way to this notion of not inclusive his absurd, not inclusive. Why invite people to your birthday party? It's not their birthday right, so inclusive,

It's it's! It's meaningless that phrase. The very fact that you, wish me a merry. Christmas means your including me right. That's the irony, the very fact that you're inviting me to a Christmas. Already means you, including me. That means it's inclusive all right? Ladies and gentlemen, his brother is the Basset hound that you only came in cuz he's, I think, he's smelled the bone. There's no question! This is of great interest. Hi Snoop Hawaii Great, to see you! That's the guy dogs are a crack up. I should do what maybe I should Commentary once on dogs. Do you know what I want to do? What seriously I want a video one of the dogs

and narrated. I really do really what he's thinking like get into the widely like. I think I'm chemists sniff that dogs rear end. I love sniffing rearing, so it's really been a loss to the country that this magnificent season with, I think the greatest holiday music of any holiday ever written, the american Christmas music written in the forties, fifties and Sixtys is. It was like a burst of genius, these

songs or are so or so popular and from such a good reason. So anyway, I love it. I just wanted to be on record as saying that, and I wish people all the time I whenever I'm so happy holiday or even not just go merry Christmas, there almost afraid when I'll get off the plane, my I'm on a plane almost every week of the year. I'm on a few planes almost every week of the year, and so I will say to the flight attendant Merry Christmas course. It's usually a shame, but not always will say, happy holiday and I'll go marry.

Some will then respond merry Christmas, but even they are there or sort of afraid. The company policy, I am sure, is you don't say a merry Christmas to you. No objection to that. The unhappy there is no happy non Christian who objects

two merry Christmas. I promise you that these people are miserable and they hate joy and there's a lot of joy and Christmas. It bugs them if your bothered by merry Christmas. I say this with complete respect, there's something wrong with you. There is morally and emotionally and psychologically lot a busy day there. Maybe this is simply not his topic. I don't think he's bothered by merry Christmas for that. You can't read that made me. Who knows all right. That was very important. Was there

Nothing else about Christmas that, while you you, you had a question of that's your question, this up. That's right! This is the first time ever. The video questioner is present. I just want to say that, by the way we have a terrific Otto's tales about Christmas. I just want you to know colonialist show it big Dennis his arm here is Dennis his arm. Okie doke you get that an Amazon people love it and I'm serious the auto tails are. We can't believe how how how popular they are. I'm and I'm delighted it's auto in Dennis

Also, I think I told you write that a little girl like a seven year old, came to be in speech and she looks up at me- goes you're older than Dennis Riches, which is true, I have to say there was. The observation was accurate, all right. Let's look at our questioner. Hydras killer, I'm twenty three years old and I from San Diego California areas become popular in jewish Christian Interfaith dialogue for Christians to experience jewish religious tradition such as Hanukkah's by death. Do you think that you should do the same and experience Christmas with a Christian? Thank you so much. I look forward to hearing your answer. He spray question perfectly. How could the answer be anything

But yes, of course, it's terrific thing. I it's hard for me to imagine a Jew, including unorthodox, Jew, who invited by a non jewish friend to their family for Christmas dinner would say. No, I The I'm sure they exist, but, but I dont know one it's a it's a beautiful thing to do and I look. I speak in churches five times more, I speak and civic ox at this point. Lotta juicer annoyed with, because I'm concerned

it's really said I written the most widely used introduction to Judaism in the english language doesn't count I've written one of the most consistently used books on Anti Semitism. Why the Jews doesn't count. I found it, a synagogue doesn't count. I found that a jewish day school doesn't count. What counts is I'm conservative politically and that rules me out for most synagogues in America, which is sad because I have a lot of good things to say that have nothing to do with politics, but I accept lot. Whatever life delivers, I accept and so be it anyway. I I adore America's Christians and, I might add, the love affair goes much. Both ways I feel very loved by that community, of course it there's or there should be a reciprocity

However, there is a difference, and my commitment to intellectual honesty demands that I that I know this Christianity is rooted in Judaism. Judaism is not rooted in Christianity. Eight hundred and eighty eight, a big part of the of the christian desire to become acquainted with Judaism, like a Passover seder, for example, is to get in touch with their roots. The last supper was a seder, or so they say, and Jesus did not know. The new testament. He only knew the jewish Bible, the old testament Jesus was a religious observant. Jus Jesus kept kosher I'll, never forget in Greenwich Village, forty years ago

The kid and I saw us a button, these buttons with Bessie judges who once is Jesus, grew up in a coach, your home and its absolutely accurate and kept kosher is entire life. I might add, so a a christian who is partaking of jewish ritual and practice is partaking of his or her origins. That's not the case for the Jew,

sleep with regard to Christianity, so it's not exactly symmetrical it symmetrical on a social level. Juice should should celebrate with Christians and Christian should celebrate with Jews. I'm totally in favour of that, but the. But it's not symmetrical in terms of of theological significance. Judaism is the root of Christianity. There's just no way around it. That's why Christians read my rational Bible, more Christians, in fact, and Jews. There are four thousand just this week. It hit the four thousand through view of my two books of Bennett, Genesis accidents, the rational Bible and most of them were Christians and and who, I am proud to say, love it by the way. Do Toronto me. The third of my five volumes is coming out next year.

And so is by the way as something else, because my my third vine was delayed because they couldn't get paper believe it or not. I insist on very high quality paper from life from my book. I worked very hard on it. I wanted to look beautiful, so I wrote a another rational in another series of irrational the rational pass over how gotta. So if you are interested in ever doing a centre of this explains everything and talks about the big issues of life. It's called the rational pestle. I gotta and its available for pre order at Amazon and I assume eventually a Prager. You will make it available on I'll sign copies and the rational pass over AGA. Okay. So I hope I've never been able to do this. Keller than I answer the question he sat lesson we should have every body whose

a video question we take. We should fly him in so this is Roberto from Uruguay, ok, Roberto. We can approach on a flight. four month, everyday Oda away, but better. We get a lot more questions that were settled, felt we don't like for there, but we will at a surplus. We begin with Sagan thirty one years old blending Utah there are so many cities. I never heard of mazes me to this day of your blending Utah any of you. Oh, you know what my favorite. This is a crack you folks up so on my radio show somebody. I see the list in front of me. Eight eight. Eight call eight lines: we have it's that the FBI, station, so I will see eight names and eight cities and lets say it. It is make believe blending Pennsylvania,

so your hey Joe and Planning Pennsylvania, I'm just curious Joe. Where is blending and hills oh landing its. ten miles from Zella fill. This is like a roaming joke on the show. What they tell me where its near, but I never heard of where its near useless its truly useless information up it's open so here is here is a hint. If you're from a place, nobody heard of like blending, don't say the nearest city, say the nearest being city,

so those of us not from your state will know where you're from it. I really get such a kick out of that had sometimes I will. I will pause at I'll. Go I'm just curious, don't you think that's helpful? ok, say given blabbing Utah, just ten miles from middle bill high Dennis just wanted a right until you happy holidays, just kidding that, because they know what I think of happy holidays. That was good just kidding as an avid. Listen, it's the fireside chats. Knowing your affinity for dark, humor correct. I thought that might get a laugh it anyway. You're always talking about the importance of friends. I have a six year old than real He doesn't have many friends, probably what you really mean is any friends

people say that it usually daddy, but it's because you other do math all day by himself and socialize. May I say I cannot relate to that. I would like to do math for fourteen minutes. Let alone all day, and I rather socialize anyway in war. there is a need to think he'll be isolated. All of his life Should I be worried about this thanks for the wisdom? Merry Christmas, I dont know the answer to your question and let me tell you Why, and maybe my non answer will help you and may it, but it probably won't it'll just Give you more a little more insight. The older.

get the more. I realise that everyone is born with a nature and its very, very hard to change your nature. It just is. This is a perfect. Your son is a perfect example of a nature. You you can't get or another kid to do bath all day that he wants to do math all day at the age of six is such proof that this this is built in nature. However, having said that, fighting ones, nature is the most important thing we can do with one's life our nature, is filled with blessings and curses, sometimes by the way, the blessing in the curses the same. His might be, he might be blessed with incredible math ability

and cursed with incredible math ability that is very common for blessings in person to be the same thing, so he he has do he has to socialize and- and you have to explain me six, it's more difficult that there are other things in life. I love that you love math. I love that you have this ability, it's a god,

then gift, if you feel religiously incline but die if indeed you are a religious home and because of the merry Christmas, I I I sensed it, but I'm not sure, but if you are, you can call the great great line in Genesis when God creates Adam. It is not good for men to be alone. You can't live your life with a math book and you can't live your life with any one thing we are. We are ass. We are supposed to bond with people, so I I think that there has to be a time away from that. It's a more noble pursuit by far then video games. But if your son,

video games all day and didn't socialize, you wouldn't allow it. So the fact that math is more noble than video games doesn't change. The problem. Of hiding away from the world and doing something that gives him pleasure. So I I would say it's time to do something else. People are, in the ultimate analysis, even more important than math. Maybe that did help that was good or it's all say goodbye and always end on a

I know I was kidding. I was totally kitty. I say some silly things with such a straight face its problem: Kara, that's a new name for me: K, a r r, a h, thirty, three years old, Salem Oregon, I'm a conservative weapons to work for Portland State University, real, oh, my Portland is so weird, hopefully not for much more there you go, she took them without a my sales, or I took the wind out of hers as my husband and I are saving to move up to Tennessee, to move to not up to move to Tennessee just learned that there was a white miss at work, whiteness at work

framing that I will be expected to participate in. My question is: when I tell my boss that I refused to participate. What would be the best reasons to give other, then I just don't believe the white privilege narrative thanks. I would like to know on what. grounds. You could be coerced into a now like re education session. This is what they did in the end, the cultural Revolution in in mouse China people would be forced into daily a communist propaganda stuff. This is no different, truly no different

But the answer that you that one answer you might give is, I think race is the most irrelevant part of the human being and what you are doing is you're having a racist session. I do not participate in racist sessions. The coup Klux clan believes that the white is important and your session believes white is important or black is important or whatever it will be. I dont participate in race is importance. since because race is not important and to say it is, is racist that will only gain you opprobrium. They will be completely annoyed with you, but if you wanted an honest firm answer,

other than the. What did you say other then? I don't believe in white privilege narrative, that's the one that will you put them on the defence. This is a racist session. You're gonna tell me that there are characteristics all whites have. Would you have a session about characteristics? All blacks have? Would you, of course, not because you say it's racist, W c: seventy seven years old sea we not only have young listeners or viewers Is there a fireside chat or five minute video, but specifically spells out the differences between a liberal and the leftist? I have several friends and relatives that of almost all the same values as I but wooden vote Republican for all the team

I know you're. Seventy seven on two rounds, one all the tea in China is unknown to anybody and therefore bring to the fact that all you had to do was go on and a search engine and type in Prager, liberals and and and and leftists, and you would have gotten the Prager, you talk and my column on that subject. I say this lovingly obviously per. I am a five minute Prager, you video, All these relatives need is five minutes Kay the differences. three liberalism in leftism, leftism loads liberalism loads. It liberals have ninety eight percent. In common with conservatives and two percent in common with leftists one example, I'm sure you do ok how's this

liberals believe in racial integration and left disbelieving racial segregation how's that believe in an all your does your relevance believe in an all black dormitory on college campuses left this. Do the url I believe in all black graduations exercises at Columbia University. The left does, do you believe, the that capitalism is the best framework for raising people out of poverty? Liberals always did and still do the left. Doesn't the left, hates capitalism? You support more examples. The left, video that liberals, liberals are the biggest supporters of Israel since every Truman k- and I have it- is a three more examples in my video

That liberals vote for the left is a shame on every one of them it is. It is a stain on the honor of liberals that they vote left as our Smith. I made the case for why it should be a beautiful time of year and has been in american life. You want to do. A real service may be too late now, but maybe next year, if you're so inclined

then in american life you wanna do a real service may be too late now, but maybe next year, if you're so inclined and you're celebrating Christmas, put up some lights and declarations in front of your house, I grew up in a neighbourhood which was half jewish and half a Taliban. So basically every other house had these beautiful decoration self and it meant a lot. It was a special time of year. Now I didn't go miles and Nazi one house so decorated, that's a service to the community be well. My friends see an ex time. Thank you for watching this video to keep Prager you videos free, please consider making a tax deductible donation,