1 00:00:06,415 --> 00:00:09,135 Speaker 1: You're listening to a mum of Mere podcast. 2 00:00:13,055 --> 00:00:17,375 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mummama's twice daily news podcast, 3 00:00:17,455 --> 00:00:22,255 Speaker 2: The Quickie. We've got fourteen sleeps until Christmas, and by 4 00:00:22,335 --> 00:00:24,855 Speaker 2: now you've probably got your tree up, torn through the 5 00:00:24,895 --> 00:00:28,415 Speaker 2: first parts of your advent calendar, and made a mental 6 00:00:28,455 --> 00:00:31,775 Speaker 2: list of the presence you're still yet to buy. But 7 00:00:31,975 --> 00:00:35,935 Speaker 2: what about writing that all important letter to Santa. Look, 8 00:00:36,015 --> 00:00:38,614 Speaker 2: I won't judge you for being thirty five and filing 9 00:00:38,654 --> 00:00:41,375 Speaker 2: a wish list off to jolly old Saint Nick. Or 10 00:00:41,534 --> 00:00:44,055 Speaker 2: maybe you've got kids who you're trying to foster the 11 00:00:44,095 --> 00:00:47,695 Speaker 2: tradition with. For decades, it was a rite of passage, 12 00:00:47,934 --> 00:00:51,374 Speaker 2: getting out the good gel pens, carefully writing Dear Santa 13 00:00:51,894 --> 00:00:54,375 Speaker 2: and hoping a piece of paper could make it all 14 00:00:54,455 --> 00:00:58,054 Speaker 2: the way to the North Pole. Now, as kids leave 15 00:00:58,095 --> 00:01:00,775 Speaker 2: the wish list in a digital shopping cart instead, the 16 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:05,295 Speaker 2: handwritten Santa letter is quietly disappearing. But fret not, We've 17 00:01:05,295 --> 00:01:08,375 Speaker 2: got industry Insider all the way from the North Pole 18 00:01:08,575 --> 00:01:13,015 Speaker 2: with all the latest infock hole before we get there. 19 00:01:13,095 --> 00:01:15,695 Speaker 2: Hugh's Claim Murphy with the latest from the QUICKI news 20 00:01:15,775 --> 00:01:18,334 Speaker 2: room for Thursday, December eleventh. 21 00:01:18,295 --> 00:01:21,535 Speaker 1: Thanks Taylor, Australia has recorded its largest number of Indigenous 22 00:01:21,575 --> 00:01:25,375 Speaker 1: deaths in custody in over forty years. Official figures show 23 00:01:25,455 --> 00:01:28,575 Speaker 1: thirty three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people died in 24 00:01:28,615 --> 00:01:31,575 Speaker 1: custody across the nation in twenty twenty four to twenty five. 25 00:01:32,015 --> 00:01:34,775 Speaker 1: It's the highest number since nineteen seventy nine eighty and 26 00:01:34,855 --> 00:01:37,895 Speaker 1: brings a total to six hundred and seventeen since the 27 00:01:37,975 --> 00:01:41,415 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one Royal Commission into Aboriginal Debts in Custody. 28 00:01:41,855 --> 00:01:44,775 Speaker 1: State Coroner Teresa Harding pointed out the number of Indigenous 29 00:01:44,815 --> 00:01:47,615 Speaker 1: deaths across New South Wales prisons in twenty twenty five 30 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:52,415 Speaker 1: had reached twelve in October, calling it a profoundly distressing milestone. 31 00:01:52,615 --> 00:01:55,895 Speaker 1: The Act also recorded a larger number of deaths than usual, 32 00:01:56,175 --> 00:02:00,695 Speaker 1: Australian Institute of Criminology Research manager Samantha Bricknell saying most 33 00:02:00,775 --> 00:02:03,735 Speaker 1: years there's usually no Indigenous deaths or maybe one in 34 00:02:03,775 --> 00:02:07,375 Speaker 1: the stage, but this year. The report examines the one 35 00:02:07,495 --> 00:02:10,735 Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen debts which occurred in prison and police custody, 36 00:02:10,815 --> 00:02:12,975 Speaker 1: as well as youth detention in twenty twenty four to 37 00:02:13,014 --> 00:02:16,734 Speaker 1: twenty five and shows ninety people died in prison custody 38 00:02:16,815 --> 00:02:19,975 Speaker 1: during this period, of which twenty six were Aboriginal or 39 00:02:20,015 --> 00:02:23,295 Speaker 1: Torres Strait Islander people. One death was in youth detention. 40 00:02:23,855 --> 00:02:26,415 Speaker 1: Six of the twenty two deaths in police custody were 41 00:02:26,415 --> 00:02:29,615 Speaker 1: Indigenous people. Over forty percent of debts in prison were 42 00:02:29,655 --> 00:02:33,135 Speaker 1: amongst people who had not yet been sentenced. Indigenous people 43 00:02:33,135 --> 00:02:36,215 Speaker 1: accounted for twenty nine percent of all debts in custody, 44 00:02:36,495 --> 00:02:39,375 Speaker 1: an increase from twenty three percent in the previous twelve 45 00:02:39,375 --> 00:02:42,175 Speaker 1: months and the highest proportion since two thousand and two 46 00:02:42,255 --> 00:02:45,855 Speaker 1: oh three. Aboriginal and Torrestrate Islander people make up about 47 00:02:45,855 --> 00:02:49,415 Speaker 1: four percent of Australia's total population, but represent more than 48 00:02:49,415 --> 00:02:53,575 Speaker 1: a third of people in prison. Arena Sablenka is adaman 49 00:02:53,655 --> 00:02:56,375 Speaker 1: her battle of the sexist style exhibition clash with Nick 50 00:02:56,455 --> 00:02:59,695 Speaker 1: Kyrios isn't going to prove a meaningless gimmick that damages 51 00:02:59,735 --> 00:03:03,255 Speaker 1: women's tennis. The four time Grand Slam champion and world 52 00:03:03,295 --> 00:03:06,535 Speaker 1: number one, has defended the contest against Australia's world number 53 00:03:06,535 --> 00:03:09,415 Speaker 1: six hundred and seventy two on December twenty eight, claiming 54 00:03:09,495 --> 00:03:12,015 Speaker 1: it will help take women's tennis to a higher level. 55 00:03:12,135 --> 00:03:15,415 Speaker 3: I'm not damaging this fight for equal praise mining and 56 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:18,014 Speaker 3: for bringing a woman's for it on another level. I 57 00:03:18,015 --> 00:03:19,735 Speaker 3: think already like kind of like in the way, and 58 00:03:19,775 --> 00:03:22,295 Speaker 3: I think this event is going to only help to 59 00:03:22,975 --> 00:03:25,855 Speaker 3: bring women's tennis on a higher level, because it's not 60 00:03:25,895 --> 00:03:27,495 Speaker 3: gonna be an easy much for him, and I'm just 61 00:03:27,535 --> 00:03:30,575 Speaker 3: gonna be there competing and showing that women's are strong 62 00:03:30,775 --> 00:03:34,975 Speaker 3: and powerful and actually very entertainment to watch. So I 63 00:03:34,975 --> 00:03:37,655 Speaker 3: think in this event, I'm only going to help right. 64 00:03:38,335 --> 00:03:41,455 Speaker 1: Critics of the event, including leading British TV tennis presenter 65 00:03:41,535 --> 00:03:45,415 Speaker 1: Catherine Whittaker, who called the match a dog whistle publicity stunt, 66 00:03:45,735 --> 00:03:48,255 Speaker 1: are concerned it will be little the efforts of women 67 00:03:48,295 --> 00:03:51,255 Speaker 1: who fought for equal pay on the tour. Whittaker was 68 00:03:51,295 --> 00:03:54,975 Speaker 1: particularly scathing of Curios's part in it, saying I see 69 00:03:55,015 --> 00:03:58,255 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing to be gained for women's tennis. I see 70 00:03:58,295 --> 00:04:01,775 Speaker 1: only bleakness, saying it's a crass commercial venture and a 71 00:04:01,855 --> 00:04:04,935 Speaker 1: vehicle for one of the most outspoken misogynists in tennis 72 00:04:05,015 --> 00:04:08,055 Speaker 1: who just wants attention. The match is an echo of 73 00:04:08,095 --> 00:04:10,775 Speaker 1: the famous nineteen seventy three Battle of the Sexes match 74 00:04:10,815 --> 00:04:14,455 Speaker 1: when Troublazer Billy Jean King defeated fifty five year old 75 00:04:14,495 --> 00:04:17,534 Speaker 1: former Grand Slam winner Bobby Riggs with a reported ninety 76 00:04:17,615 --> 00:04:21,974 Speaker 1: million TV viewers tuning in. Author Sophie Kinsella, known for 77 00:04:22,015 --> 00:04:24,775 Speaker 1: her best selling Shopaholic books that were adapted into a 78 00:04:24,815 --> 00:04:27,695 Speaker 1: movie starring Ossieila Fisher, has died at the age of 79 00:04:27,735 --> 00:04:31,415 Speaker 1: fifty five. A statement posted to her Instagram account read, 80 00:04:31,495 --> 00:04:34,214 Speaker 1: we are heartbroken to announce the passing this morning of 81 00:04:34,255 --> 00:04:39,055 Speaker 1: our beloved Sophie aka Maddie aka Mummy. She died peacefully, 82 00:04:39,095 --> 00:04:41,815 Speaker 1: with her final days filled with her true loves, family 83 00:04:41,935 --> 00:04:45,775 Speaker 1: and music and warmth and Christmas and joy. Kinsella, whose 84 00:04:45,815 --> 00:04:48,615 Speaker 1: real name is Madeline Wickham, announced in April last year 85 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:51,455 Speaker 1: she'd been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer 86 00:04:51,735 --> 00:04:55,695 Speaker 1: and was undergoing chemo and radiotherapy. Her novels have sold 87 00:04:55,735 --> 00:04:58,335 Speaker 1: more than forty five million copies in more than sixty 88 00:04:58,375 --> 00:05:01,735 Speaker 1: countries and have been translated into more than forty languages. 89 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:04,575 Speaker 1: The Duchess of Sussex has finally been able to make 90 00:05:04,615 --> 00:05:07,575 Speaker 1: contact with her astro ranged father, Thomas Markel in hospital. 91 00:05:08,015 --> 00:05:11,735 Speaker 1: Markel had his left leg amputated, according to reports, and 92 00:05:11,775 --> 00:05:13,654 Speaker 1: told The Mail on Sunday, he did not want to 93 00:05:13,735 --> 00:05:17,375 Speaker 1: die distance from his daughter and wishes to meet Meghan's children, 94 00:05:17,415 --> 00:05:20,255 Speaker 1: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, and her husband, the Duke 95 00:05:20,295 --> 00:05:23,575 Speaker 1: of Sussex. A spokesperson for the Duchess said she had 96 00:05:23,615 --> 00:05:26,094 Speaker 1: reached out to her father, whom she's been estranged from 97 00:05:26,135 --> 00:05:29,135 Speaker 1: since her twenty eighteen wedding when he was caught staging 98 00:05:29,175 --> 00:05:31,455 Speaker 1: paparazzi photos in the run up to the big day. 99 00:05:31,855 --> 00:05:34,294 Speaker 1: For The Mail on Sunday reported that Marca was confused 100 00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:36,695 Speaker 1: by the suggestion and added that it said he had 101 00:05:36,695 --> 00:05:39,975 Speaker 1: not received any messages despite not changing his phone number. 102 00:05:40,375 --> 00:05:43,414 Speaker 1: The spokesperson has given an update and it's understood the 103 00:05:43,415 --> 00:05:46,615 Speaker 1: communication was via a letter, which was not easy to 104 00:05:46,655 --> 00:05:49,455 Speaker 1: get to her father because a Daily Mail reporter has 105 00:05:49,495 --> 00:05:54,055 Speaker 1: remained her father's bedside throughout broadcasting each interaction and breaching 106 00:05:54,135 --> 00:05:57,695 Speaker 1: clear ethical boundaries, saying it's been exceedingly difficult for the 107 00:05:57,775 --> 00:06:01,055 Speaker 1: Duchess to contact her father privately despite her efforts over 108 00:06:01,095 --> 00:06:04,055 Speaker 1: the past several days, but with the support of reliable 109 00:06:04,095 --> 00:06:07,854 Speaker 1: and trusted contacts, her correspondence is now safely in his hands. 110 00:06:08,335 --> 00:06:11,735 Speaker 2: Thanks Claire. Next wear of all the letters to Santa Gone. 111 00:06:15,815 --> 00:06:18,575 Speaker 2: If you ask most Australians where the tradition of writing 112 00:06:18,615 --> 00:06:21,735 Speaker 2: to Santa came from, they'll give you a pretty modern answer. 113 00:06:22,735 --> 00:06:26,375 Speaker 2: Many think it started as a cheeky way for Santa 114 00:06:26,495 --> 00:06:29,455 Speaker 2: to get the inside track on what kids actually wanted, 115 00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:32,855 Speaker 2: or others say it's as a postal stunt imported from 116 00:06:32,895 --> 00:06:36,615 Speaker 2: the UK and the US. Others again reckon that it 117 00:06:36,655 --> 00:06:39,654 Speaker 2: may have been a newspaper trick to sell more papers. 118 00:06:40,095 --> 00:06:42,735 Speaker 2: But new research from Ancestry has dug up what they 119 00:06:42,775 --> 00:06:46,495 Speaker 2: say is Australia's earliest known letter to Santa, and it 120 00:06:46,535 --> 00:06:50,935 Speaker 2: looks very different to today's offerings dating back to eighteen 121 00:06:51,055 --> 00:06:54,375 Speaker 2: seventy nine, A piece published in The Sydney Mail suggests 122 00:06:54,415 --> 00:06:58,495 Speaker 2: early Santa letters may have started life as poems rhymed 123 00:06:58,535 --> 00:07:01,615 Speaker 2: wish lists printed in the paper that helped popularize the 124 00:07:01,615 --> 00:07:05,695 Speaker 2: idea of writing to Santa's workshop in the generation, and 125 00:07:05,695 --> 00:07:09,054 Speaker 2: since the practice has boomed and then started to slip away. 126 00:07:09,535 --> 00:07:12,415 Speaker 2: Ancestry's data shows the share of Ossie's who wrote to 127 00:07:12,455 --> 00:07:15,655 Speaker 2: Santa rose from about thirty nine percent of Baby Boomers 128 00:07:15,895 --> 00:07:18,975 Speaker 2: to eighty five percent of Gen Z so for most 129 00:07:19,015 --> 00:07:23,735 Speaker 2: millennials in younger it was basically a universal childhood moment, which, 130 00:07:23,855 --> 00:07:26,855 Speaker 2: after a quick whip around the office, was confirmed by 131 00:07:26,895 --> 00:07:27,655 Speaker 2: my colleagues. 132 00:07:29,535 --> 00:07:32,535 Speaker 4: I used to write letters to Santa and the address 133 00:07:32,575 --> 00:07:37,095 Speaker 4: would be the North Pole postcode nine nine nine nine, 134 00:07:37,375 --> 00:07:39,415 Speaker 4: and I would send them off to Santa and Santa 135 00:07:39,455 --> 00:07:42,455 Speaker 4: would reply to me. So, kids, that's why you send 136 00:07:42,535 --> 00:07:43,135 Speaker 4: you letters. 137 00:07:43,535 --> 00:07:45,895 Speaker 2: It's my favorite Christmas tradition to do with my niece 138 00:07:45,895 --> 00:07:46,375 Speaker 2: and nephew. 139 00:07:46,375 --> 00:07:48,455 Speaker 5: We sit down and we write a letters to Santa together. 140 00:07:48,975 --> 00:07:52,695 Speaker 6: We have everything in there, all of their wants, needs, desires, 141 00:07:52,895 --> 00:07:53,615 Speaker 6: and then off they. 142 00:07:53,495 --> 00:07:54,215 Speaker 2: Go to the North Pole. 143 00:07:54,855 --> 00:07:59,015 Speaker 7: So writing letters to Father Christmas was always something that 144 00:07:59,095 --> 00:08:01,935 Speaker 7: we did as kids. And I grew up in England 145 00:08:02,095 --> 00:08:05,055 Speaker 7: and so we had an open fireplace and part of 146 00:08:05,055 --> 00:08:08,055 Speaker 7: the rich was that once you'd written them were always 147 00:08:08,175 --> 00:08:08,815 Speaker 7: very polite. 148 00:08:09,095 --> 00:08:09,895 Speaker 2: You would put. 149 00:08:09,735 --> 00:08:12,495 Speaker 7: Them up the chimney, so you'd burn them on the 150 00:08:12,535 --> 00:08:15,415 Speaker 7: fire so that the wishes would go up and reach 151 00:08:15,535 --> 00:08:17,815 Speaker 7: Father Christmas at the top of the chimney. And then 152 00:08:17,855 --> 00:08:21,935 Speaker 7: when I had all my children, obviously didn't have an 153 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:24,735 Speaker 7: open fireplace, so we would just post them in the 154 00:08:24,815 --> 00:08:27,455 Speaker 7: letterbox and they would get replies, which is great. 155 00:08:27,855 --> 00:08:29,855 Speaker 6: So I would write my letters to Santa, and then 156 00:08:29,895 --> 00:08:31,855 Speaker 6: my mom would take them and she would post them 157 00:08:31,855 --> 00:08:34,135 Speaker 6: for me and my sisters, and when we'd wake up 158 00:08:34,135 --> 00:08:35,974 Speaker 6: in the morning, she would always make sure to point 159 00:08:36,015 --> 00:08:38,255 Speaker 6: out that our shoes that we wore to the North 160 00:08:38,295 --> 00:08:40,415 Speaker 6: Pole were laying out with our winter jackets and we 161 00:08:40,495 --> 00:08:43,054 Speaker 6: had snowy bootprints by the door from where we spent 162 00:08:43,095 --> 00:08:43,775 Speaker 6: the night would center. 163 00:08:44,255 --> 00:08:47,095 Speaker 5: When I used to write letters to Father, Christmas or Santa, 164 00:08:47,295 --> 00:08:49,855 Speaker 5: I'd write everything on They'd be like a horse. It 165 00:08:49,935 --> 00:08:54,375 Speaker 5: was always, always, always on their karaoke machine, roller blys, 166 00:08:54,615 --> 00:08:57,215 Speaker 5: all sorts, and then there'd be little knick knacks and 167 00:08:57,335 --> 00:08:59,455 Speaker 5: it would be on my bust paper. Ever, I'd use 168 00:08:59,775 --> 00:09:02,895 Speaker 5: a Lammi pan and I'd give it to Mom and 169 00:09:03,095 --> 00:09:08,335 Speaker 5: she'd take it and post it on December fo. 170 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:10,935 Speaker 2: But now over a third of Australians say the kids 171 00:09:10,975 --> 00:09:13,975 Speaker 2: in their lives no longer write physical letters to Santa 172 00:09:14,054 --> 00:09:17,855 Speaker 2: at all. One big reason is that handwritten letters full 173 00:09:17,895 --> 00:09:22,335 Speaker 2: stop have collapsed. Australia Post figures show letter volumes have 174 00:09:22,455 --> 00:09:26,135 Speaker 2: been falling for two decades thanks to email messaging and 175 00:09:26,255 --> 00:09:29,735 Speaker 2: online billing, and letters to Santa have been swept along 176 00:09:29,775 --> 00:09:33,695 Speaker 2: with that decline, where previous generations dropped envelopes into a 177 00:09:33,735 --> 00:09:37,295 Speaker 2: special Santa mailbox. Today's kids are just as likely to 178 00:09:37,295 --> 00:09:39,814 Speaker 2: fill out a form on a website, send a voice note, 179 00:09:39,935 --> 00:09:43,975 Speaker 2: or dictat a list to an aichatbot elf. So is 180 00:09:44,015 --> 00:09:48,375 Speaker 2: this tradition actually dying or just moving online? Well, we've 181 00:09:48,375 --> 00:09:50,375 Speaker 2: called in the big guns to get to the bottom 182 00:09:50,415 --> 00:09:56,015 Speaker 2: of this. Santa. It's fourteen sleeps until Christmas. The countdown 183 00:09:56,135 --> 00:09:57,974 Speaker 2: is on. How are you feeling. 184 00:09:58,895 --> 00:10:02,255 Speaker 8: Well, you have no idea. How excited I get adding 185 00:10:02,375 --> 00:10:07,334 Speaker 8: fourteen sleeps, everybody's excited. The elves are working over time 186 00:10:07,695 --> 00:10:09,735 Speaker 8: to get all those toys and everything ready. It's just 187 00:10:09,855 --> 00:10:10,215 Speaker 8: full on. 188 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:12,855 Speaker 2: Now. I want to talk more Christmas Cheir, but I 189 00:10:12,895 --> 00:10:16,615 Speaker 2: do have to address something very serious with you. There 190 00:10:16,655 --> 00:10:20,055 Speaker 2: are reports that kids are not writing to Santa as 191 00:10:20,095 --> 00:10:21,895 Speaker 2: much as they have in previous years. What do you 192 00:10:21,935 --> 00:10:22,575 Speaker 2: have to say to that. 193 00:10:23,495 --> 00:10:26,455 Speaker 8: Well, I do still get a lot of mail. There's 194 00:10:26,495 --> 00:10:29,495 Speaker 8: different letterboxes and different places that kids can leave their mail, 195 00:10:29,735 --> 00:10:32,054 Speaker 8: or if they come and see me, it comes directly 196 00:10:32,095 --> 00:10:35,814 Speaker 8: to me and we go through every letter. The elves 197 00:10:35,895 --> 00:10:37,695 Speaker 8: go through and make sure that they put it on 198 00:10:37,735 --> 00:10:40,535 Speaker 8: a list. But yes, there's not as many as there 199 00:10:40,655 --> 00:10:41,095 Speaker 8: used to be. 200 00:10:41,415 --> 00:10:43,815 Speaker 2: Okay, why is it important that kids keep writing their 201 00:10:43,895 --> 00:10:44,975 Speaker 2: letters to Santa? 202 00:10:45,054 --> 00:10:48,975 Speaker 8: Well, we love to get them. And sometimes they'll put 203 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:50,975 Speaker 8: a picture in there that they might draw or paint 204 00:10:50,975 --> 00:10:53,375 Speaker 8: a picture or something else. And missus Clause she puts 205 00:10:53,415 --> 00:10:56,375 Speaker 8: thos up on the fridge, and you know she loves 206 00:10:56,415 --> 00:10:59,815 Speaker 8: getting things like that. So yeah, it's really important because 207 00:10:59,975 --> 00:11:02,495 Speaker 8: we have to know what everybody wants to get. They 208 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,615 Speaker 8: can tell me when they come and see me, but 209 00:11:04,935 --> 00:11:08,775 Speaker 8: you know they are and sometimes I might forget something, 210 00:11:09,255 --> 00:11:11,975 Speaker 8: so having a letter there is always a good reminder. 211 00:11:12,175 --> 00:11:14,815 Speaker 2: Well, and famously, kids aren't allowed to have social media 212 00:11:14,855 --> 00:11:17,575 Speaker 2: accounts anymore, so it's not like they can snapchat. 213 00:11:17,015 --> 00:11:19,415 Speaker 8: Center exactly, but they can email him. 214 00:11:19,535 --> 00:11:22,055 Speaker 2: That's about a twenty twenty five version of writing a letter, 215 00:11:22,054 --> 00:11:22,574 Speaker 2: isn't it. 216 00:11:22,575 --> 00:11:25,694 Speaker 8: It's pretty close to it, because you know, the elves 217 00:11:25,735 --> 00:11:28,055 Speaker 8: are out there, and I know they've got a lot 218 00:11:28,095 --> 00:11:31,495 Speaker 8: of shellf elves in people's homes. And do you know 219 00:11:31,775 --> 00:11:35,415 Speaker 8: when everybody's asleep or they go out, they email Santa 220 00:11:35,855 --> 00:11:36,535 Speaker 8: who's naughty? 221 00:11:36,575 --> 00:11:38,934 Speaker 2: And who's notice they've been doing the reporting for you. 222 00:11:39,054 --> 00:11:41,215 Speaker 8: They do it for me and they send it by email. 223 00:11:41,375 --> 00:11:43,934 Speaker 2: And how have the kids the Aussie kids specifically been 224 00:11:43,935 --> 00:11:46,415 Speaker 2: stacking up this year. Are we all happy with the performance? 225 00:11:47,215 --> 00:11:51,335 Speaker 8: Well, I'm not sure who's worse. Sometimes those little elves 226 00:11:51,335 --> 00:11:53,575 Speaker 8: are worse, and they've been a bit no more naughty 227 00:11:53,615 --> 00:11:56,855 Speaker 8: than the kids have been. But most of the time 228 00:11:57,015 --> 00:11:59,095 Speaker 8: the kids have been okay. It's only a few of 229 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,495 Speaker 8: them that really are playing up a bit, you know. 230 00:12:01,615 --> 00:12:04,015 Speaker 8: And if I can let them know that they still 231 00:12:04,054 --> 00:12:07,095 Speaker 8: have time to get onto that list, you know, there's 232 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:08,415 Speaker 8: still time to get there. 233 00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:11,095 Speaker 2: So excellent, and so time to get on the nice list, 234 00:12:11,255 --> 00:12:14,015 Speaker 2: and still time to write you a letter. Now, what 235 00:12:14,095 --> 00:12:15,895 Speaker 2: kind of things do you want to see in letters 236 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:16,975 Speaker 2: from kids this year? 237 00:12:17,135 --> 00:12:19,295 Speaker 8: I like to know what they've been doing, you know, 238 00:12:19,415 --> 00:12:22,295 Speaker 8: it's good that they've been swimming or they've been doing 239 00:12:22,335 --> 00:12:25,455 Speaker 8: some sports, how they're going at school, you know, if 240 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:27,415 Speaker 8: we got any awards or anything else for all the 241 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:29,975 Speaker 8: good work at school. And also what they would like 242 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:33,815 Speaker 8: me to bring, because sometimes, yeah, everybody wants all different things. 243 00:12:34,054 --> 00:12:37,295 Speaker 8: You know, somebody might want a monster truck, but somebody 244 00:12:37,335 --> 00:12:39,535 Speaker 8: else might want a piano. That's a big difference. I've 245 00:12:39,535 --> 00:12:40,895 Speaker 8: got to know who wants what. 246 00:12:41,335 --> 00:12:44,054 Speaker 2: Okay, Santa, let's focus on you for a moment. We've 247 00:12:44,054 --> 00:12:45,855 Speaker 2: talked a lot about what other people want out of 248 00:12:45,935 --> 00:12:49,175 Speaker 2: Christmas this year, but what about you? Are we still 249 00:12:49,255 --> 00:12:52,255 Speaker 2: leaving you at a plate of cookies? Are you transitioning 250 00:12:52,295 --> 00:12:54,694 Speaker 2: maybe to kale chips? What's your preference on a snack 251 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:55,175 Speaker 2: this year? 252 00:12:55,615 --> 00:12:59,295 Speaker 8: It's always cookies and milk, Always cookies and milk. A 253 00:12:59,335 --> 00:13:01,175 Speaker 8: lot of the moms and dads they say, oh, did 254 00:13:01,175 --> 00:13:03,295 Speaker 8: you want me to leave you out something else? And 255 00:13:03,335 --> 00:13:07,095 Speaker 8: I say, you know, center's still driving and flying, So yeah, 256 00:13:07,135 --> 00:13:09,255 Speaker 8: you've got to be very good with what you leave out. 257 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:12,815 Speaker 2: So no glass of chardonay for Santa? Okay? And what 258 00:13:12,855 --> 00:13:14,215 Speaker 2: about the reindeers? Carrots? 259 00:13:15,775 --> 00:13:19,054 Speaker 8: Reindeers carrots? But don't figure A lot of people leave 260 00:13:19,095 --> 00:13:21,695 Speaker 8: the carrots out, but they forget they get really thirsty 261 00:13:22,175 --> 00:13:24,775 Speaker 8: and they've got to have a bucket of water for them, okay, 262 00:13:25,015 --> 00:13:27,375 Speaker 8: because otherwise, you know, they get really thirsty. 263 00:13:27,415 --> 00:13:30,335 Speaker 2: And okay, Santa, this is my last question for you. 264 00:13:30,415 --> 00:13:34,535 Speaker 2: Maybe you can help me understand. I like a lot 265 00:13:34,535 --> 00:13:38,335 Speaker 2: of ossies don't have a chimney at home, So can 266 00:13:38,375 --> 00:13:40,695 Speaker 2: you reveal to us how are you getting those presents 267 00:13:40,775 --> 00:13:42,895 Speaker 2: under the tree? You climbing through my dog door? No? 268 00:13:43,015 --> 00:13:47,055 Speaker 8: I just don't give you any Now, that's not what 269 00:13:47,175 --> 00:13:49,615 Speaker 8: I do. That would be the Grinch. What I have 270 00:13:49,775 --> 00:13:52,895 Speaker 8: and I can show you is my special magic key. 271 00:13:53,415 --> 00:13:53,775 Speaker 2: Wow. 272 00:13:53,895 --> 00:13:56,295 Speaker 8: Now what happens is I go to the door and 273 00:13:56,375 --> 00:14:02,775 Speaker 8: I go three times. Now, if everybody's asleep, I can 274 00:14:02,855 --> 00:14:06,935 Speaker 8: leave the presence. But if somebody still awake, I can't 275 00:14:06,975 --> 00:14:07,574 Speaker 8: leave presents. 276 00:14:08,095 --> 00:14:09,575 Speaker 2: So you've got to get to bed nice and early 277 00:14:09,575 --> 00:14:10,095 Speaker 2: on Christmas. 278 00:14:10,054 --> 00:14:11,615 Speaker 8: You can make sure you get to bed. And you've 279 00:14:11,615 --> 00:14:13,574 Speaker 8: got to sleep in your own bed too. It's because 280 00:14:13,615 --> 00:14:15,455 Speaker 8: sometimes the kids might want to go into mam and 281 00:14:15,535 --> 00:14:17,535 Speaker 8: Dad's bed and everything. It's got to be in your 282 00:14:17,535 --> 00:14:19,935 Speaker 8: own bed on Christmas Eve. So I make sure I 283 00:14:20,015 --> 00:14:20,855 Speaker 8: leave the right presence. 284 00:14:21,095 --> 00:14:23,175 Speaker 2: All right, you heard it here first Santa, thank you 285 00:14:23,255 --> 00:14:24,575 Speaker 2: very much, and Merry Christmas. 286 00:14:24,895 --> 00:14:29,815 Speaker 8: Very Christmas do everybody. I'm just so excited. Missus claud 287 00:14:29,895 --> 00:14:32,535 Speaker 8: is excited. She's got those cookies pumping out. You know 288 00:14:32,895 --> 00:14:34,015 Speaker 8: there's cookies every week. 289 00:14:36,055 --> 00:14:38,375 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking some time to feed your mind with 290 00:14:38,455 --> 00:14:41,295 Speaker 2: us today. The Quikie is produced by me Table Strano, 291 00:14:41,415 --> 00:14:45,375 Speaker 2: Ilaria Brophy and Clare Murphy, with audio production by LiTi 292 00:14:45,495 --> 00:14:52,135 Speaker 2: Hill MoMA. 293 00:14:52,215 --> 00:14:55,095 Speaker 1: Mea acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters that 294 00:14:55,175 --> 00:14:56,695 Speaker 1: this podcast is recorded on.