Christmas in America Programs

Christmas In America 1844 Part I
December 17, 2022
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Just when you thought you had heard all there was to tell about Ebenezer Scrooge…Along comes Christmas In America 1844. The story is compelling. There is Dickens and Scrooge and John Quincy Adams and so much more. Get the back story no movie has ever told wrapped in a beautiful musical celebration. Come join the live studio audience as we go looking for the manger in Christmas In America 1844 on this week’s episode of The Public Square®. Gather the family around the tree and enjoy this special Christmas gift.
Christmas In America 2000 Part II
December 25, 2021
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The year is 2000 and we are in a world with no smart phones or TSA. This week, we return to Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee for the inspiring conclusion to Christmas in America 2000 on The Public Square®. We invite you to gather around the Christmas Tree with those you love and tune in for this life-changing program.
Christmas In America 2000 Part I
December 18, 2021
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Will Y2K shut down every computer in America? Will the dot-com companies take over Wall Street? And then there was the Music City Miracle. The year is 2000 and we go looking for the manger on this live radio episode of Christmas in America on The Public Square®. Featuring the top music of 2000 performed by Nashville's best as well as beautiful Christmas classics this year's episode is an exciting addition to the annual radio/variety show tradition. Christmas in America 2000 was just recorded at Liberty Hall in Franklin, Tennessee. Please tune in to Part 1 of Christmas In America 2000.
Christmas In America: The Civil War Part II
December 17, 2011
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Merry Christmas from the American Policy Roundtable and The Public Square®. Tune in today to The Public Square® and hear the radio edition of Christmas In America, a wonderful celebration of true liberty. This week you'll hear the second half of Christmas In America recorded live from the concert in Nashville, Tennessee. A Christmas Classic is waiting for you - log onto The Public Square® and join the celebration.
Christmas In America: The Civil War Part I
December 10, 2011
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Merry Christmas from the American Policy Roundtable and The Public Square®. Tune in today to The Public Square® and hear the radio edition of Christmas In America, a wonderful celebration of true liberty. This week you'll hear the first half of Christmas In America recorded live from the concert in Nashville, Tennessee. A Christmas Classic is waiting for you - log onto The Public Square® and join the celebration.
Christmas In America: The War Years Part II
December 22, 2012
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Join us this weekend for Part II of Christmas In America on The Public Square®! Recorded live from Northeast Ohio this special program features beautiful Christmas music from David and Nicole C. Mullen, Johnnyswim, Four Wall Flight, and many others, along with special guest, Eric Metaxas, author of bestsellers, Amazing Grace, Bonhoeffer, and Socrates in the City. Travel back to the 1940's as The Public Square® takes you to Christmas In America: The War Years. As you're baking cookies, wrapping presents, or searching the Internet, make sure to join the celebration. You won't want to miss this Christmas classic!
Christmas In America: The War Years Part I
December 15, 2012
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Christmas In America on The Public Square® is here! Join us this week from Northeast Ohio at the very special Christmas In America program. This broadcast recorded live includes fantastic Christmas music from David and Nicole C. Mullen, Johnnyswim, Four Wall Flight, and many others, along with special guest, Eric Metaxas, author of bestsellers, Amazing Grace, Bonhoeffer, and Socrates in the City. This year, The Public Square® will take you back to the 1940's with Christmas In America: The War Years. Sing along with us as we hear some of the classics from Bing Crosby, journey through history with David McCullough and Laura Hillenbrand, and rediscover the connection and importance between liberty and the manger. You won't want to miss this Christmas classic!
Christmas In America 1965 Part II
December 21, 2013
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As you're wrapping presents, trimming the tree, working around the house, what better way to celebrate Christmas than by listening to Part Two of Christmas In America. We are traveling back to 1965 as we look at the issues facing the nation and in some cases tearing the nation apart. Charles Schulz is our special guest (in absentia) as we see how his TV special helped spread the true meaning of Christmas to the world. Recorded live before an audience from Cuyahoga Community College in Northeast Ohio, please tune in to this very special program and pass this on to your family and friends.
Christmas In America 1965 Part I
December 14, 2013
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This year Christmas In America on The Public Square® travels back to 1965. We look at the issues facing the nation and in some cases tearing the nation apart. We highlight the gifts, ministry and impact of an unlikely character, the artist Charles Schulz and how his TV special helped spread the true meaning of Christmas to the world. Recorded live before an audience right from the campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Northeast Ohio, please tune in to this very special program.
Christmas In America 1976 Part II
December 20, 2014
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Join in this wonderful celebration of Christmas as The Public Square® looks at the year 1976 — what happened to America that caused real revival? Could it happen again today? Tune in to Part Two of Christmas In America as we travel back to the Manger on this very special Christmas edition of The Public Square®.
Christmas In America 1976 Part I
December 13, 2014
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When we were last together for Christmas In America we were visiting 1965. Today we fast-forward (on our cassette tape players of course) 11 years to 1976. Tune in to hear the next radio installment of the Christmas In America series where we’ll be visiting 1976 and finding out what happened to America that caused real revival. Recorded live with wonderful performances of some classic Christmas songs along with music from the era, you won’t want to miss this celebration. Tune in today and please, share this Christmas gift with your family and friends. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®.
Christmas In America 1946
December 1, 2015
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Join us for this year’s edition of Christmas In America. Travel back to 1946 when Harry Truman was President, the most deadly War the world had ever witnessed was finally over, and when Frank Capra pitched his friend Jimmy Stewart on a new movie titled, It’s A Wonderful Life. You won’t want to miss this radio variety program, with our musical guests Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Rodeo and Juliet, Jeff Taylor, The Alternators and more. Gather up your family and friends and enjoy this unique Christmas celebration together as we look for the Manger in 1946.
Christmas In America 1915 Part II
December 24, 2016
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Join us for Part Two of Christmas In America 1915 on The Public Square®. This very special edition of The Public Square® was recorded live from Nashville, Tennessee and Medina, Ohio featuring amazing music from Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, Daves Highway, Abby Scott, Chris Eaton, Leigh Nash, David Phelps, and more. You’ll hear more of the Christmas carols from Fanny Crosby, off the new album “1915: Christmas with Fanny Crosby”. We hope you enjoy this beautiful Christmas celebration! From all of us at The Public Square and American Policy Roundtable, Merry Christmas!
Christmas In America 1915 Part I
December 16, 2016
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Tune in to the radio premiere of Part One of Christmas In America 1915. Join in this annual Christmas celebration on The Public Square® featuring beautiful music from The Heimermann Children’s Choir and Chorale, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, The Adventures of Rodeo and Juliet, Daves Highway, Abby Scott, Chris Eaton, Russ Taff and more. You won’t want to miss this Christmas special as we travel back to 1915 and uncover new Christmas songs from Fanny Crosby, one of America’s most famous hymn-writers. Gather the family and please tell a friend as we celebrate Christmas In America. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®!
Christmas In America 1950 Part II
December 23, 2017
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Part Two of Christmas In America on The Public Square® travels back to the year 1950 where we continue our conversation on the life of C.S. Lewis. How is the life of Lewis and the Inklings still impacting culture today? Hear the premiere of brand new Christmas songs and wonderful arrangements and performances of Christmas classics. Join in these live events from Tennessee and Ohio with your family and friends. Here is where you can tune in today. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Public Square®.
Christmas In America 1950 Part I
December 16, 2017
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It is finally here…Christmas in America 1950! Join us as we travel back to 1950 and discover a land where it was always winter but never Christmas. In Part One you will hear the back story of Clive Hamilton, an angry young atheist frozen in unbelief who somehow changed and became the most beloved Christian author, C.S. Lewis. You will hear the premiere of brand new Christmas songs and wonderful arrangements and performances of Christmas classics. Join in the live events from Tennessee and Ohio with your family and friends. Circle around the Christmas tree and tune in for this amazing moment of finding the manger on The Public Square®.
Christmas In America 1981 Part II
December 15, 2018
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Part Two of Christmas In America 1981 is now available! This week on the program, we will continue the story of Christmas in 1981, where an American President was squaring off with the U.S.S.R. in the hope of lighting a candle of Liberty for the people of Poland. We will be finding the manger in this era in history with a true story your family won’t soon forget. Please, join in this special radio variety program. Gather your friends and family around the fire this Christmas season as we hear from musical performers: Daves Highway, Charles Heimermann and the Heimermann Chorale, The Alternators, Jorge Mhondera, Juliet Lyons, and more. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas! And please share this gift with the nation!
Christmas In America 1981 Part I
December 22, 2018
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Christmas In America 1981 is here! You can listen in anywhere in the nation to this special radio variety program as we go back to 1981 in search of the manger. This year our story focuses on several lives that share something in common. These are lives of ordinary people, to whom God gave extraordinary gifts, and each of them used their gifts to bear witness to Jesus, the Light of the World. Don’t miss this special journey through history as we take a look at America in 1981 with special musical performances from Daves Highway, Charles Heimermann and the Heimermann Chorale, The Alternators, Jorge Mhondera, Juliet Lyons, and more. Merry Christmas!
Christmas In America, 1783 Part II
December 21, 2019
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Tune in for the exciting conclusion of Christmas In America 1783 Part II on The Public Square®! It’s so good you’ll have to listen to both parts again! Don’t miss this special Christmas edition of The Public Square® as we reflect on the life of POTUS#1, George Washington. Plus you’ll hear featured musical performances inspired from the era, and a very special guest, Dr. W.B. Allen, with a word for the nation. Tune in today!
Christmas In America ,1783 Part I
December 14, 2019
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The year is 1783 and the War for Independence has been won. General George Washington has one last promise to keep: to come home for Christmas. Please join in the celebration of Christmas in America 1783 on The Public Square®!Recorded before live audiences in three cities, this show features classic Christmas music and a compelling true story of faith, love and inspiration right from the front porch of Mount Vernon. Please join Dave Zanotti, Wayne Shepherd and an award winning team of musicians and guests on this year’s episode of Christmas In America on The Public Square®.
Christmas In America, 1968 Part II
December 19, 2020
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The year is 1968… But why does it sound so much like 2020? Reviews from last week’s episode have been off the charts. You don’t want to miss the inspiring conclusion of Christmas in America 1968 this week on The Public Square®. Gather round the Christmas tree and join in the journey and the celebration. The music is fun, the memories real, as together we look back at an amazing moment in history on Christmas Eve 1968.
Christmas In America, 1968 Part I
December 13, 2020
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Please tune in for Part I of Christmas In America 1968 on The Public Square®. This is the 10th Anniversary Episode of Christmas in America. The year 1968 was a year like no other, until 2020 rolled around. Together we will head back to the music and stories of the late sixties. How did America survive 1968, a year filled with a pandemic, race riots, anti-war riots and a contentious election? Is there a lesson here for us today? Join in the music, joy and inspiration as together we go looking for the Manger in 1968 in this Tenth Anniversary episode of Christmas In America on The Public Square®