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Dec 2021
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EP152: Stories Behind the Best-Loved Son...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ace Collins, author of Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, introduces us to people we've never met, stories we've never heard, and meanings we have never imagined. Once arriving back home from a mission trip, Ashley Freeman realized service work could be done right in her own community.

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00:00 - Ace Collins on Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas

35:00 - The Importance of Giving and Serving during Christmas Time

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