“Pints with Aquinas” host Matt Fradd released a special Christmas episode on DailyWire+ on Wednesday, as he prepares to officially join The Daily Wire’s stacked podcast lineup in January.

Fradd was joined by Dr. Scott Hahn, a renowned theologian and Catholic apologist, and the two dove into many theological topics, ranging from the prophecies of Christ, to the story of the nativity and the importance of Mary.

Their discourse started out by addressing the awe-inspiring fact of Jesus Christ choosing to become fully human and beginning his earthly journey as an unborn child.

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“I was thinking about the scandal of the manger and I was reminded of St Augustine’s words,” Fradd said. “[Augustine] says, ‘He whom the heavens cannot contain the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our ruler. … She gave milk to our bread.’”

Hahn agreed that the concept is often overlooked by Christians. “Because it’s not just the scandal of the cross that Saint Paul speaks of in First Corinthians 1 and 2. It’s also the scandal of the incarnation that God becomes man, that God becomes a zygote, that God becomes an embryo, a newborn child, God in the manger, you know, and I can hear my Christian friends saying, ‘So what’s what’s the problem?’”

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“And I would suggest that they ought to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and maybe stop by Bethlehem because you’re surrounded by Jews and Muslims. And if you’re just wondering… what’s the scandal of God becoming flesh, God becoming a baby in the womb of the Blessed Virgin? You know, look at it through their eyes… we’re not even made in [the image and likeness of Allah] according to Islam.”

“And so we recognize in the Christian faith, especially in the Advent season, leading up to Christmas, that we’re dealing with a God who is personal, who is concerned about us as persons,” he added. “And it’s almost not fitting for a God that immense.”

Fradd and Hahn also discussed how people can celebrate a beautiful Christmas with their families.

“In Advent and Christmas I would say start small,” said Hahn. “I mean, when I think back to what we’ve done as a family, what my parents did as non-practicing Christians, every once in a while we began with an Advent wreath with the four candles … and then to gather around it each evening and  sing an Advent song or a Christmas carol.”

Hahn suggested reading scripture together and keeping it short, especially for parents with small children. “That has been an anchor for us as a family, and that is the Advent wreath,” he added.

Attorney General Pam Bondi posted video of the U.S. raid on an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday.

The video shows U.S. forces boarding and taking control of the vessel as part of an operation to enforce U.S. sanctions on the sale of Venezuelan oil.

“[T]he Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran,” said Bondi.

“For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” she added. “This seizure, completed off the coast of Venezuela, was conducted safely and securely—and our investigation alongside the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the transport of sanctioned oil continues.”

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. For multiple… pic.twitter.com/dNr0oAGl5x

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 10, 2025

President Donald Trump confirmed news of the tanker seizure on Wednesday. Trump said that the tanker was seized “for very good reasons.” Asked about what will happen to the oil, the president said, “We’ll keep it, I guess.”

U.S. forces seized the tanker off the coast of Venezuela as the White House has increasingly pressured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to step down. The president has placed a $50 million bounty on Maduro and threatened to order military strikes on drug cartel infrastructure and other targets in Venezuela.

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The U.S. military has sunk more than 20 vessels off Venezuela’s coast that were believed to be carrying illicit drugs such as fentanyl and cocaine.

The decision to seize the oil tanker strikes directly at Venezuela’s main source of revenue, its state-controlled oil industry. The oil it can produce through its state-owned oil company, PDVSA, is often sold internationally to countries such as Iran and China at steep discounts because of the risk of running afoul of U.S. sanctions.

The United States has oil interests in Venezuela, as well. Earlier this year, the U.S. Treasury Department granted Chevron a waiver from U.S. sanctions to be able to drill in Venezuela in partnership with PDVSA. A portion of the oil drilled by Chevron is paid to the government of Venezuela in exchange for access.