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Follow-Up Friday: Christmas Facts and Figures

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 19, 2014

In which we clarify two factual errors that came up in our segment yesterday on Christmas: was Jesus really born on December 25th? And what's the religious breakdown of the U.S.?

On Monday, author Tara Moore, who teaches in the writing program at Penn State York and the author of Christmas: The Sacred to Santa (Reaktion Books, 2014), was on the show to talk about Christmas stories, facts, and lore from her book. We follow up with Tara to find out: what do we know about Jesus' actual birthdate? Plus: some clarifying stats on the religious breakdown of the adult population in the US.

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