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Published: Dec. 7, 2015, 7:57 p.m.

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During the perennial War on Christmas, certain Christians often feel the need to remind the rest pf us what the holiday season is really about. It\u2019s Jesus Christ\u2019s birthday and we\u2019re all invited to the party\u2026 if by \u201cparty\u201d you mean sitting reverently in pews at Christmas mass. Something as little as changing the seasonal decorations on a cardboard coffee cup is enough to put some Christians on edge, as some felt the new red and green Starbucks cups insufficiently acknowledged the role of Christ. Andrea Williams of the U.K.\u2019s Christian Concern wrote, \u201cThis is a denial of historical reality and the great Christian heritage behind the American Dream that has so benefitted Starbucks.\u201d But perhaps it's folks like Williams who are the ones guilty of historical denial.

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Here to talk about the real historical origins of Christmas is writer and philosophy professor David Kyle Johnson, author of the new book, The Myths that Stole Christmas

. Johnson explains how \u201cthe reason for the season\u201d is just the season itself. He discusses how Christmas went from being a secular holiday to a religious one, how Jesus was inserted into it, the origins of Santa Claus, and all the other myths in between that still hold sway in our modern-day seasonal celebrations.\xa0\n