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This year, I look at various personifications of the Christmas holiday, from the mock kings of antiquity to the very complicated evolution of the holiday's modern poster boy, Santa Claus. It's a story of ancient gods and goddesses, mischievous elves, and a legendary saint, and how they all got mixed up and baked into one colorful holiday treat!\xa0\nMuch of the Christmas music on this episode, including the tracks \u201cWish Background,\u201d \u201cDeck the Halls A,\u201d \u201cJesu, Joy of Man\u2019s Desiring,\u201d and \u201cO Holy Night,\u201d by Kevin MacLeod and available at incompetech.com. Rendition of \u201cO Come All Ye Faithful\u201d by Jingle Punks available through the Youtube Audio Library. Additional music, including the tracks \u201cHoliday Gift,\u201d \u201cNothing (Bonus Track),\u201d \u201cSomething (Bonus Track),\u201d \u201cBrooks,\u201d and \u201cDaedalus,\u201d by Kai Engel and available at freemusicarchive.org. All music licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution license.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices