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Marianne Williamson – Christmas In the Trenches, RevisitedCan America’s Warring Parties Emerge From Entrenched Positions and Find Our Sane and Sacred Center?Aired Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 2:00 PM PST / 5:00 PM ESTAn Interview with Author and 2020 Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson“It’s time for conservatives to come out of their Fox-holes, and progressives out of their NPR-holes – time to play truce or consequences.” — Swami BeyondanandaIt used to be that the “work of heart” I most associated with Christmas was the Frank Capra movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” But ever since my friend Shanti Norman recorded John McCutcheon’s song, “Christmas in the Trenches” in 2000, I have held that extraordinary piece of work as best symbolizing the light that can shine in times of greatest darkness.After World War I started in 1914, the Pope suggested a truce around Christmas time. The generals pursuing the war didn’t like this idea one bit, and in fact one of their concerns was that the enemy trenches were so c