<p>In our first holiday episode, we discover the ultimate origin of the word “Christmas,” along with other words originating from religious holy oil. Then, we use the holiday as an excuse to explore many modern “oily” words.</p><br><p>Word List: Christmas, Christ, Christian, cream, Kris Kringle, anoint, ointment, unguent, unctuous, preen, oil, menthol, gasoline, linoleum, aioli, petroleum, vaseline, latke</p><br><p>For more information or to write in, please visit our website at <a href="http://wordjourneyspodcast.com/" target="_blank">www.wordjourneyspodcast.com</a> or follow us on twitter at @WordJourneysPod. If you would like to contribute, you can visit our Patreon page at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordjourneyspodcast" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/wordjourneyspodcast</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>