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Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog and the TAN Direction Blog.   Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.   In Today's Show

• What is your favorite and least favorite Christmas song?
• Why do we celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December?
• In a Christmas Carol. Does Jacob Marley receive forgiveness cause he's the one who got Scrooge to change his ways?
• What is the best version of A Christmas Carol?
• Should we listen to Christmas music before Christmas during Advent?
• When does the Christmas Season end? After 12 days or till Candlemas?
• What is the history and origin of the Rorate Mass?
• What are your favorite Advent and Christmas traditions?
• Why was the Feast of Saint Thomas moved in the modern calendar?
• Is it true that Epiphany is an "older feast than Christmas?
• Why aren't the feasts of the companions of Christ no longer treated as Holy Days of Obligation? Would you recommend any specific practices on these days?
• Can you please explain the 12 Days of Christmas? What are they and what do they represent?
• What is your favorite Christmas movie?

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