Speaker 1: Welcome to Santa gust a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Well hello there. As you know, Santa has been experiencing
Speaker 1: some unfamiliar feelings. He was feeling out of touch with
Speaker 1: today's children. But then his most forward thinking elves Evergreen
Speaker 1: and Snowball, suggested he started podcast to reconnect with the kids.
Speaker 1: You know, this podcasting is not so bad. I'm starting
Speaker 1: to like it. Yeah, you got a really great cadence
Speaker 1: and I love your voice, Santa. Well, thank you, ever Green.
Speaker 1: This is our third podcast that we're doing here, and
Speaker 1: this time we've got a really great guest. Great. Who
Speaker 1: is it? It's Clucky the French hen of course in
Speaker 1: French her name is and you know her from the
Speaker 1: song on the Third Day of Christmas three to total
Speaker 1: Dubs and a Partridge and up here a tree. Oh
Speaker 1: I love it. I can't wait to ask her all
Speaker 1: about France. Oh mum, so tell me a little bit
Speaker 1: about where you grew up in France. She's a very
Speaker 1: strong accent. I didn't get that. Is that is that rural?
Speaker 1: Frands Ma? Well, well, yes, Evergreen, do you have any
Speaker 1: questions for her? Where's the mop? I'm gonna have to
Speaker 1: clean a lot of this up. Okay, let's just wrap
Speaker 1: this up. Let's get her out of here, all right.
Speaker 1: It was kind of a bust, Santa. I'm sorry I
Speaker 1: didn't stop to think that, although very cultured and very interesting,
Speaker 1: a French hand can't really do anything but cluck. She
Speaker 1: does bring to mind a story, though, Santa. Can you
Speaker 1: tell us about the partridge in the pear tree? Oh,
Speaker 1: the partridge in the pear tree? Well, you know how
Speaker 1: people like to try and find unique gifts to give
Speaker 1: it Christmas, right of course. Well, back when I was
Speaker 1: just starting out, this English gent wanted me to help
Speaker 1: him impress his true love. He came up with this
Speaker 1: really crazy list golden rings, drums. But the thing is,
Speaker 1: this guy really liked birds, so every chance he got
Speaker 1: he tried to put a bird on the list. He
Speaker 1: had calling birds geese, swans and and in the partridge
Speaker 1: in a tree. Anyway, it was a lot of work
Speaker 1: to come up with this stuff. So he reached out
Speaker 1: to one of my elves for help and we did it.
Speaker 1: We helped him find everything, and it became legendary. It
Speaker 1: became a song everybody knows, and it was a lot
Speaker 1: of fun tracking that stuff down. But It's not something
Speaker 1: we could do every year. What I learned is sometimes
Speaker 1: it's best to keep things simple. People love gifts, but
Speaker 1: if you put too many things on your list, it
Speaker 1: can get stressful. The best gifted Christmas is to spend
Speaker 1: time with the people you love and doing good things
Speaker 1: for each other. Some of us are lucky enough to
Speaker 1: be with our friends and family over the holidays. This
Speaker 1: isn't something everybody gets to do. So if you're spending
Speaker 1: time with your friends and family right now, really dig
Speaker 1: into that gift. What do you say? I said smartphones
Speaker 1: and electronics are fun, but you know, put the smartphone
Speaker 1: down from time to time and hang out with your family.
Speaker 1: But I'm so close to this boss, Can I just yes,
Speaker 1: finish the level? Yes? Good? Good? I'm sorry, Yes, I
Speaker 1: will put that down, turn it off and be focused.
Speaker 1: Uh maybe we should take some calls. Oh, no doubt,
Speaker 1: great idea. Hello? Hello, there is this Blaine. Hi Blaine,
Speaker 1: this is Evergreen the ELpH. I'm calling from the North, Paul,
Speaker 1: how are you doing today? How are you hello? My
Speaker 1: named Delia, Ni, Hi, Hi, Gregory and Nina. This is
Speaker 1: Snowball the Elf. Would you guys like to speak to Santa. Hello, yeah, Hi,
Speaker 1: this is ever Green the Elf. We're at the North
Speaker 1: Pole and we were wondering if you'd like to talk
Speaker 1: to Santa right now? Hello? Am I talking to Gus? Hello? John? Oh? Hi,
Speaker 1: little buddy. How are you? Hi Jack? I'm ever Green
Speaker 1: the Elf. I'm sitting here with Hi. I'm Snowball the Elf.
Speaker 1: We're up in the North Pole and we want to
Speaker 1: know if you want to talk to Santa. Yeah. Oh hello,
Speaker 1: Oh hello Medics and Spencer's there too. Huh. Happy Christmas
Speaker 1: to you, little friends. How are you today? Good? You
Speaker 1: sound like you're full of joy. I just want to
Speaker 1: tell you something on Christmas Eve, hunger we don't know
Speaker 1: for you, and I want to know who are you
Speaker 1: real parents? The easiest plugeant to kind of cookies do
Speaker 1: you want? Do you into giving Cludge and the kids
Speaker 1: when it almost mourning? It depends on what I'm feeling
Speaker 1: for a snack, So I'll either wrap up around New
Speaker 1: York City because there's a lot of great pizza places
Speaker 1: there and some fantastic bagel shops, or if I'm looking
Speaker 1: for something that's a little bit maybe more plant based,
Speaker 1: I'll stop in l A. Are you gonna make me
Speaker 1: some chocolate chip cookies. Oh, thank you, buddy, I look
Speaker 1: forward to that. Also, Santa, this is Evergreen the Elf
Speaker 1: and Maddox. I know that you are also a ballerina.
Speaker 1: So my guess is she probably likes the dance. First
Speaker 1: thing Christmas morning? Right there? First question, are you an elk?
Speaker 1: I'm talking to you right now. I am an elf
Speaker 1: and I'm here with my friends Snowball. Hi, nice to
Speaker 1: meet Mad Sencer. If you didn't remember, Santa is the
Speaker 1: greatest elf of us all. Oh, I get that question
Speaker 1: every single Christmas. Do you know anything about Einstein's theory
Speaker 1: of relativity? Okay, let me back up. I could explain that,
Speaker 1: but it would probably take a thousand years to get
Speaker 1: into the nuts and bolts of it. Let's all boil
Speaker 1: it down to this. It's Christmas magic, buddy. And did
Speaker 1: you know that that your are the best making toys?
Speaker 1: I only hire the best you not to just pat
Speaker 1: ourselves on our own backs. But yeah, thanks. Amazon is
Speaker 1: constantly trying to steal my talent. Lane. Oh, you want
Speaker 1: to know where the reindeer are die? Actually, actually they're
Speaker 1: having a tag football match right now. I can see
Speaker 1: them outside the window. They play it with a pine cone.
Speaker 1: You like to sing as well? How do you know? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm Santa and that's part of my job. He knows
Speaker 1: that you want a karaoke machine this holiday. You know
Speaker 1: one thing that really helps lift up my Christmas spirit
Speaker 1: And it would mean the world to me if you
Speaker 1: would sing a little bit of jingle bells? Would you
Speaker 1: do that? Oh, no reason to be nervous. I'm your
Speaker 1: biggest fan. Yeah you guys, alright ready one two three
Speaker 1: jingle jingle ginga the way kitty you like? You know?
Speaker 1: One for shoptred Away. It's the blue bird here to say,
Speaker 1: it's the new bird. She sings a lot song as
Speaker 1: we go along walking in the antel on Nelly Holy
Speaker 1: the Stars brand. Listen, this is Oh that Jesus say.
Speaker 1: Just oh that was You're welcome, have a happy Christmas.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go okay, bye bye. Well that went great.
Speaker 1: That was nice. Yes, Yes, I felt like I was
Speaker 1: really connecting, no doubt. I'll bet that belief meter is cranking.
Speaker 1: What say, something must not be right. The belief meter
Speaker 1: hasn't budged. Are you sure this thing is working? I
Speaker 1: mean it's been a little wonky lately, But the meter
Speaker 1: doesn't lie. It does seem to have floated right at you.
Speaker 1: Don't just give it time, Santa. Remember we're in this
Speaker 1: for the long game, and nothing really great happens overnight.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean some great things happen overnight, obviously,
Speaker 1: I think that. Well, curmudgeon Crackers, I guess I'd better
Speaker 1: check in with Mrs Claus Now I'll see you too, manyaa,
Speaker 1: all right, yeah, see tomorrow's Santa. Good night, Snowball. What
Speaker 1: are we missing? This belief a meter is like just
Speaker 1: stalled out. Like you said, these things take time. Maybe
Speaker 1: there's still too many skeptics out there. Poor Santa and
Speaker 1: his elf handlers, Evergreen and Snowball are worried. Santa Sligh
Speaker 1: won't even be able to take off. If this sleigh
Speaker 1: won't fly, he won't be able to deliver any presence.
Speaker 1: Maybe you can help out. Here's the deal. Santa's belief
Speaker 1: a meter might be low because there are folks out
Speaker 1: there who haven't felt any Christmas cheer in a long time.
Speaker 1: Can you help spread some Christmas cheer? It's actually pretty easy.
Speaker 1: All you have to do is something nice, say something
Speaker 1: kind to someone who might be filling down, helpout around
Speaker 1: the house, be the best to you that you can be.
Speaker 1: We'll check back in tomorrow to see if we're any
Speaker 1: closer to getting Santas slag in the air. This episode
Speaker 1: of Santa Cast was recorded in the North Pole by
Speaker 1: Evergreen and Snowball with your host say Antaclaus. Special thanks
Speaker 1: to our friends Brad Brinkley, Hannah Feerman, Matt Stanton, Dan Bush,
Speaker 1: and Brent Dye. Santa Cast is a production of I
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