CWFC 038 – Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus

On this episode, we discover how Saint Nicholas turned into Santa Claus. We’ll also count down the top 5 Christmas plants, play an eggnog scavenger hunt, prepare for Leon Day, and decide who sang Children Go Where I Send Thee best. Download here! 00:00 – 02:15 Intro 02:15 – 03:28 We Need a little Christmas Now 03:28 – 06:12 Five Golden Things (Christmas Plants) 06:12 – 08:30 Feedback From Our Last Show 08:30 – 10:17 Santa Babb’s Mailbag 10:17 – 16:24 Christmystery Solvers: St. Nick to Santa 16:24 – 18:00 Hallmarks of a Good Christmas Movie 18:00 – 20:04 Who Sang It Best (Children, Go Where I Send Thee) 20:04 – 22:00 Wrap Up 22:00 – 23:25 Outtakes “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band “Christmystery Solvers” Theme by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au “Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki (The embedded player for the episode is bellow the poll and links) Children, Go Where I Send Thee WSIB Poll Take Our Poll (function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src='https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com/wp-content/plugins/polldaddy/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js';s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !=='undefined')jQuery(d.body).trigger('pd-script-load');}(document,'script','pd-polldaddy-loader')); Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-History-Bruce-David-Forbes/dp/0520258029/ref=la_B001HCWRVK_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527229934&sr=1-1 Mousetalgia’s 500th Episode http://www.mousetalgia.com/2018/05/20/mousetalgia-episode-500-the-best-of-mousetalgia/