Speaker 1: Welcome to Santa Cast, a production of I Heart Radio. Well,
Speaker 1: hello there, it's that time of year again. But the
Speaker 1: most wonderful time of the year can be the toughest
Speaker 1: time of the year for Santa Claus. Think about all
Speaker 1: the toys he has to make and all the places
Speaker 1: he has to travel too. Don't get me wrong, there's
Speaker 1: nothing Santa loves more than making and giving gifts. But
Speaker 1: it's not easy, and this year is especially tough. Times
Speaker 1: have changed, there's more children than ever before, and it's
Speaker 1: harder than ever to keep up. Santa may need to
Speaker 1: upgrade his approach, develop a whole new outreach program. And
Speaker 1: nobody knows this better than Evergreen and Snowball, Santa's two
Speaker 1: chief operations specialists. Okay, things are coming along. Here in
Speaker 1: the workshop, we got toys being made. Got that glue
Speaker 1: spill cleaned up there in sector? Oh oh uh, hey, Snowball,
Speaker 1: come here, Hey, every what's up? Hey, We've got a
Speaker 1: serious problem. Do you take a look at this, Oh, cold, wet,
Speaker 1: slushy sucks. The sants of believ a meter, yeah, the
Speaker 1: belieful meters dipping down. It's it's down below. Okay, breathe
Speaker 1: just breathe, just breathe, don't spiral away on me. Here,
Speaker 1: we're Santa's elves, and for the love of Nickerdoles, we
Speaker 1: gotta keep it together. Ah evergreen, How are the wooden
Speaker 1: toys coming ahead of schedule? Santa? Of course, we don't
Speaker 1: get too many requests for wooden toys these days. Good good.
Speaker 1: How about the dolls ready to load on the sleigh?
Speaker 1: And what's happening with the bikes. We should have them
Speaker 1: done in about three days. Let me see the work schedule.
Speaker 1: Three more days, three more days. Let's see that leaves
Speaker 1: six days till Christmas, six days till Christmas. Oh, no,
Speaker 1: Christmas snuck up on me again? Why does this happen
Speaker 1: every year? No worries Santa. I know it can be stressful,
Speaker 1: but we always get the gifts out on time. True,
Speaker 1: but I haven't as much mail as I'm used to.
Speaker 1: It's all emails and texts these days, Santa. Well, I
Speaker 1: just can't risk leaving anyone out. Let's just let's just
Speaker 1: go by the mail room to you know, see if
Speaker 1: any last minute letters have come in. I know you
Speaker 1: like those handwritten letters were doing all right? Let's walk
Speaker 1: and talk here Santa, let's walk and talk mail room.
Speaker 1: I haven't been there in a long time. Ho Ho ho,
Speaker 1: what happened to this place? I guess it's been a
Speaker 1: while since you've been back here, has Santa? Quite essentially?
Speaker 1: At least we had to expand. There are one point
Speaker 1: nine billion children in the world now, and we have
Speaker 1: some serious competition. Competition. People order gifts online, they send
Speaker 1: emails and set of letters. They have changed, Oh, they
Speaker 1: sure have. You know, Zach Lahanski only played with the
Speaker 1: truck I gave him last year for five minutes and
Speaker 1: then left it in the backyard all year long. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Ron in Careerra never touched the doll I gave her.
Speaker 1: I don't know what kids want anymore. I'm wondering if, if, well,
Speaker 1: if I'm losing my touch, losing your touch? You're Santa Clause.
Speaker 1: How could you ever lose your touch? Santa? If you
Speaker 1: don't believe in yourself, how can you expect all the
Speaker 1: children to well? You know, the world is changing so much.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I feel like I'm just a fat old man. Santa.
Speaker 1: You are a fat old man, but you just need
Speaker 1: a new way to connect with the kids, you know,
Speaker 1: get with the times. You know what. You're right, I
Speaker 1: need to get out there with the kids, get more
Speaker 1: kids on my knee. Maybe no, no, no, you've done
Speaker 1: enough mall gigs, Santa. I think what you really need
Speaker 1: to stick with me on this. It's a podcast, a
Speaker 1: pod cast. Oh like stuff you should know with Chuck
Speaker 1: and Josh. Yes, exactly like stuff you should know. We
Speaker 1: listen to that while we're working. It really made working
Speaker 1: twenty four hours in the shoes shop tolerable. Podcast. M hmm, No, No,
Speaker 1: Christmas is upon us and you want me to do
Speaker 1: a podcast to that? I say, I say, bah humbu Santa, Santa.
Speaker 1: Current word? The belief meter just dropped again? Yeah fraid so, Santa. Look,
Speaker 1: everyone's doing a podcast these days, everybody but you, Santa.
Speaker 1: Children around the world love you, Santa, and they want
Speaker 1: to hear from you. Oh, I don't know. It's our
Speaker 1: best chance to get the belief meter up, Santa. Yeah
Speaker 1: you're needed, Santa. Just listen to what we picked up
Speaker 1: on the jingle Jangle last night. You lost your Christmas
Speaker 1: list to Santa Claus and that makes you sad? Is
Speaker 1: my best business? What was? Why was it so good?
Speaker 1: Because Bubby and you can't remember what you want? Now?
Speaker 1: She lost her Christmas list? Oh no, I've got to
Speaker 1: help that poor kid. Is there any way I can
Speaker 1: talk to her? I'm sure you can on the podcast.
Speaker 1: Step right this way. What a cute little room, my wow, Hey,
Speaker 1: my voice sounds nice in here. And what are these
Speaker 1: little egg cartons on the wall. Yeah, well, me and
Speaker 1: the fellows got together last night and built you this
Speaker 1: little sound booth. Oh hey, look there's Rudolf. No, that's
Speaker 1: not Rudolph, that's the record light. Surprise, we're on the air,
Speaker 1: on the air. What does that mean? Oh well, that's
Speaker 1: actually just kind of podcast talk Santa for like, we're
Speaker 1: recording the show right now. Really? Yeah, um, is this
Speaker 1: thing working? So let's call some kids and find out
Speaker 1: what they're all about in Oh okay, bring me my
Speaker 1: list and some cookies. You and the cookies. I like cookies.
Speaker 1: Santa's feeling a little of whelmed, and we think you
Speaker 1: can help him out. He's going through his list and
Speaker 1: he's checking it twice. He's gonna find out who can
Speaker 1: give him advice. So if he calls, what will you
Speaker 1: tell him to cheer him up? And what will you
Speaker 1: ask him? Do you have any questions about how things
Speaker 1: are done on the North Pole. It's only a few
Speaker 1: days till Christmas, so you don't want to miss a
Speaker 1: single episode of the special Santa Cast. Merry Christmas, and
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe tomorrow he'll be calling me you. This
Speaker 1: episode of Santa Cast was recorded in the North Pole
Speaker 1: by Evergreen and Snowball with your host Santa Claus. Special
Speaker 1: thanks to our friends Brad Brinkley, Hannah Feerman, Matt Stanton,
Speaker 1: Dan Bush and Brent Dye. Santa Cast is a production
Speaker 1: of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio,
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