Speaker 1: Welcome to Santa gust a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Well hello there. As you know by now, the most
Speaker 1: wonderful time of the year can also be the toughest
Speaker 1: time of the year for Santa and his elves at
Speaker 1: the North Pole. But he's made some upgrades, a new
Speaker 1: jingle jangle technology and a new podcast to get the
Speaker 1: word out. Let's check it. So this is it, you guys,
Speaker 1: It's Christmas Eve already in the podcast is totally taken off,
Speaker 1: like I'm about to. Before you do your thing, we
Speaker 1: really should read some fan mail. Oh fan mail. You
Speaker 1: know I love getting letters. Oh yeah, and they are
Speaker 1: coming in hot. We got one here. This one's fresh
Speaker 1: off the Jangle Jangle. Her name is Marston and she
Speaker 1: lives in Chicago. Dear Santa, I love the podcast. It's
Speaker 1: great to hear you answer questions from kids. But I
Speaker 1: have a question for you, and he needs to be
Speaker 1: honest with me. Are you real? Well? I wish I
Speaker 1: hadn't heard that the belief for meter is dropping and fast.
Speaker 1: This just isn't working, and I'm I'm afraid that Christmas
Speaker 1: is say this machine, you know, I think this is
Speaker 1: just a glitch. Santa. This who is me? Woe is me?
Speaker 1: Draft fooie heck darn shoote double shoot poop. Look, enough
Speaker 1: is enough? Guys. You two are my most trusted elves,
Speaker 1: and I thought this was a really good idea. We
Speaker 1: gave it our best, but it's just not working. Now.
Speaker 1: I've got to get out there and get going before
Speaker 1: it's too late. We've got to load the sleigh, hitch
Speaker 1: up the range. None of that stuff matters. If the
Speaker 1: belief ometer is in the red, you won't even gain
Speaker 1: enough altitude to stand back. What is happening? A glitch?
Speaker 1: Huh my, dear els, I am sorry, but this is
Speaker 1: not working. But it's Santa. Wait. Oh what are we
Speaker 1: gonna do? Oh? Step out of it and breathe every
Speaker 1: We've we've got to keep it together. Okay, but what
Speaker 1: do we do now? Well? I think I figured something out.
Speaker 1: Yeah anything, okay, stick with me. Okay, So Christmas magic
Speaker 1: runs on the joy of children. Okay? What if the
Speaker 1: meter wasn't measuring joy? No, No, it's measuring doubt. Every
Speaker 1: time someone doubts something, the meter drops, and Santa has
Speaker 1: been doubting himself. We've been going about this all the
Speaker 1: wrong way. We thought we had to get kids to
Speaker 1: believe in him. But that's not quite right. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: We've got to get Santa to believe in himself. That's
Speaker 1: what I've been trying to do. You know, it's just
Speaker 1: been too easy with all these little awesome boys and
Speaker 1: girls who believe in Santa. About that little girl that
Speaker 1: just came in off the jingle jangs, Yes, she's a
Speaker 1: true skeptic. Absolutely. We gotta get Santa to talk to
Speaker 1: her and convince her that he's real. I don't know,
Speaker 1: talk to a nonbeliever. That's kind of crazy and risky.
Speaker 1: What if it goes totally wrong and the belief of
Speaker 1: meter just I don't know, implodes on itself. We can't
Speaker 1: take that risk. We can't not take that risk. He sorry,
Speaker 1: just forgot my cookies. Let me just reach across here
Speaker 1: and uh no, no, no, I'm not staying. There's no ball.
Speaker 1: I just came back from my cookies. Oh yes, you
Speaker 1: are Santa ever Green? What's going on? Franche's right, Santa,
Speaker 1: We can't let you leave. You gotta face your fears.
Speaker 1: That's funny. I'm Santa Claus. Santa Claus isn't afraid of anything,
Speaker 1: but you are Santa you're afraid that there are children
Speaker 1: out there who don't believe you're real. Don't believe I'm real?
Speaker 1: What I think I'm real? I mean this table feels real.
Speaker 1: The hot chocolate you knocked over on your hand feels real.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Santa A. The belief of meter is
Speaker 1: dropping to critical levels right now. Quick, Snowball tug my beard?
Speaker 1: Oh oh, this always works with the kids at the mall.
Speaker 1: Als if they tug my beard, do they know I'm real? Yeah?
Speaker 1: But Santa, Marston's not tugging at your beard. Snowball is.
Speaker 1: And Marston can't see you because this is a podcast.
Speaker 1: She's gonna need something deeper than that. Yeah, well, put
Speaker 1: in a sound effect. She'll be able to hear it.
Speaker 1: It's just not the same the kids at them all,
Speaker 1: of course, they believe in you. You're right there in
Speaker 1: front of them. She has to believe in something a
Speaker 1: little deeper than that. I think you need to call
Speaker 1: her and quick. Your belief a meter is dropping dangerously low,
Speaker 1: and if it drops any lower, your sleigh won't get
Speaker 1: off the ground. But but I can't talk to a nonbeliever.
Speaker 1: That's like crossing the stream. But Santa that's part of
Speaker 1: the problem. People aren't talking to each other anymore, and
Speaker 1: so you have to talk to this little girl. If
Speaker 1: anybody can renew Marston's faith, it's you. Boy. This is
Speaker 1: making me who where? What is this feeling? I've never
Speaker 1: felt this before. Maybe we shouldn't do this call. I'm
Speaker 1: just a b a fat No, you're not Santa, and
Speaker 1: quit criticizing your rakes believe a meter plunging because you
Speaker 1: aren't believing in yourself. Santa. Oops, I've already down the
Speaker 1: number and she's about to pick up. Well, I guess
Speaker 1: you've left me no choice. Hello Seasons, Greetings from the
Speaker 1: North Pole. This is Evergreen, y elf? Who am I
Speaker 1: speaking with? WHOA? What a day for Santa Claus. He
Speaker 1: knows he's real, We know he's real, But he's about
Speaker 1: to talk to a little girl who isn't so sure.
Speaker 1: What will he say? What will she say? Tune into
Speaker 1: tomorrow Santa Cast to find out the gosh honest truth
Speaker 1: about Christmas. This episode of Santa Cast was recorded in
Speaker 1: the North Pole by Evergreen and Snowball with your host
Speaker 1: Santa Claus. Special thanks to our friends Brad Brinkley, Hannah Feerman,
Speaker 1: Matt Stanton, Dan Bush, and Brent Dye. Santa Cast is
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