{"id":20077,"date":"2011-12-23T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T09:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/hotline-the-lost-christmas\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T09:39:27","slug":"hotline-the-lost-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/hotline-the-lost-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotline: The Lost Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your religious beliefs, Jesus&#8217; birth and life still have an influence on all of us, and what people believe about him has an effect on the world.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered why the 25th of December was chosen to represent his birthday?<\/p>\n<p>What do you know about his place of birth? And what do you miss most growing up as a child on Christmas? These are the questions Jefferson Sackey posed to religious scholars including Pastor Mensah Otabil of the International Central Gospel Church, Rev. 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