Christmas Ends. The Lie Continues.

Truth After Christmas begins when the decorations come down and reality remains. The carols fade, the gifts are put away, and the world looks exactly as it did before—restless, pressured, and increasingly dishonest. Peter Vazquez sits with Jan Jekielek of The Epoch Times to pull back the curtain on forces shaping that reality, starting with communist China’s long campaign of propaganda, intimidation, and leverage over the West. Jekielek traces how truth itself became a threat to the CCP, why independent journalism was born out of persecution, and how narrative control has become the most powerful weapon of the modern age.

The conversation moves to Hollywood, where ideological conformity has replaced creativity, comedy has lost its courage, and storytelling now serves orthodoxy instead of humanity. From there, it turns to American ingenuity—how breakthroughs in recycling and materials science could break China’s grip on rare earth minerals and restore national independence, if the will exists to act.

But the discussion does not stay overseas. It comes home. It asks harder questions about culture, gratitude, and responsibility. What happens to a nation that forgets how to say thank you, abandons tradition, and treats strength as a vice? What is lost when fathers stop forming boys into men who protect, lead, and shoulder burden without applause? Truth After Christmas is not nostalgic. It is confrontational. It argues that renewal does not begin with policy alone, but with truth, moral courage, and citizens willing to stand upright when comfort demands silence.