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Why We Leave Cookies for Santa: and Other Christmas Food Traditions · Family Tree Food Stories

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  Mrs Carol Claus: Hello everybody.
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  . My dears and darlings.
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  It's Mrs. Claus.
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  Well, Carol, to you all, and Rudolph.
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  We are here today at Family Tree Food and Stories.
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  Just taking a little break or giving a little break to Nancy and Sylvia so they
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  can enjoy the holidays with their family, and we can be with you to tell you about
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  the taste of Christmas around the world.
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  Rudolph: Yeah, well, you know, you said I was a co-host, I believe.
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  so that's fine.
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  But could be possibly a future, uh, main host.
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  You know, you wanna see some of my fan mail?
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  You take a look.
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  Girly.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: sweetheart, the only thing that's glowing brighter
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  than your nose is your ego right now.
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  So just pipe it down a little bit, really.
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  Rudolph: No way Girly.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: but for all of you here we are talking global Christmas foods.
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  What Santa gets, what we sample on the sleigh and all the
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  different and delicious traditions
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  Nancy May: we adore
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  Mrs Carol Claus: around the world because, you know, everybody's got to eat.
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  And by the way, just so that you know, I do work hard during the year to oversee
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  you, Mr. Rudolph and the other reindeers.
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  Okay.
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  Stop with the whining and the, alright.
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  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Well, we do need those elves to make the toys along the way.
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  And the cookies, my Lord.
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  Cookies galore.
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  They just never stop.
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  I would be nowhere.
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  I'd be a cookie.
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  Hell.
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  Oh, sorry about that.
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  If it weren't for snickerdoodle, my cookie crumble expert,
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  thankfully.
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  Rudolph: Hmm.
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  I've gotten some messages from Snicker Doodle
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yeah.
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  Rudolph: apparently that kitchen isn't as cool as you think it is.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Rudolph.
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  I am going to put something evil in your porage time, but honestly I do
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  have to give it to you because you do guide the sleigh and keep those
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  rowdy reindeer somewhat under control.
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  but just a few of us know just how much I'd enjoy hiding out in the
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  sleigh and flying all around the world just to see an extra glimpse.
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  But I kind of sneak in there every now and then.
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  Rudolph: Yeah.
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  Well here we are together.
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  Let's have some fun.
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  And just gimme some of the respect I deserve.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Oh,
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  Rudolph.
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  Pity party.
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  Pity party.
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  Oh, you think that you're such a hot, well, I won't go there.
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  Rudolph: See my red hot nose,
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yeah, red is about what it is.
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  Hot.
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  Maybe not, but let's get on with the trip, shall we?
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  Rudolph: Okay, let's do it.
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  Let's do it.
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  , What are you having today?
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  You go first.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I think we have to start with Mexico because families down
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  there, they leave some pretty special treats for you and Santa called Bunelos.
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  I think I'm pronouncing that right.
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  If not, you know, it's.
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  The North Pole pronunciation, and they are those crispy little
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  gusty cinnamon sugar things.
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  Have you had their, they're like long fingers, delicious
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  little children's fingers.
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  Now I'm sounding like a witch, but
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  Rudolph: Yeah, I'm taking notes by the way.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Oh, please.
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  Rudolph: Well, you know the thing about those, oh, they're good.
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  Okay.
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  I get it.
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  But I always seem to get the crumbs and I do deserve better,
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  as do my fellow reindeers.
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  . We might get a union thing going on here.
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  there's some shakeup that needs to be done in the North Pole
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well wait a second, Rudolph.
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  , You have to keep your hips under control because you have to get up off the ground.
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  And if there's too much of those things like German Lupkins and little
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  honey molded gingerbreads that are so delicious, then you are not flying.
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  And that's not good for the kids around the world.
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  Rudolph: Well, I'll tell you what's good for me.
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  Australia leaves out cold beer.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: No.
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  Rudolph: What a thing.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: You might lose your way around the world in that case, or
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  the Philippines, the Punto Bung Bong.
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  There's those beautiful little rice cakes again, it is the North Pro pronunciation,
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  and I'm not Spanish or filipion, but I do try because I am Mrs. Claus.
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  Rudolph: Uh, yeah, right.
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  We got that.
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  Okay, Mrs. You know the gold cold beer?
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  That's a good thing.
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  'cause, Santa does share that cold beer with us, huh?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: I'm gonna tell on him, I'm gonna put him in
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  Santa jail if he's not careful,
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  Rudolph: you better watch it, You just remember who's got hook.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I have the paddle, so there it goes, the paddle to put
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  the cookies in and out of the oven.
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  So just be careful.
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  But speaking of beer, thankfully there is a feisty mom in Peoria,
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  Illinois who likes to put out wine.
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  And since I'm kind of sometimes stashing in the back of the sleigh,
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  I really like this Karen lady thing.
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  You know, she's, she's a good girl for all times sake.
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  Rudolph: Yeah.
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  Well it's five o'clock somewhere, right?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, we gotta make sure that we are landing somewhere
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  close, around five o'clock for sure, because she wins in my,
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  well, in my naughty and good list.
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  Rudolph: Yeah.
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  How about Japan though?
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  We gotta get there fast.
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  'cause I like what they're serving.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Fried chicken.
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  Mm. It's finger licking good, ain't it?
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  For sure.
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  Rudolph: Uh.
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  You know, , fried chicken is a delicacy in Japan at Christmas time, and it was a huge
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  marketing campaign by that Rascal, the Colonel at KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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  He was pretty cool,
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I think he was trying to be a stand in
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  for Santa because he wore a white
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  suit and he did have a mustache and a goatee, not the
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  full lovely beer that Santa
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  has, and he somehow.
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  Snuck in strawberry Christmas cakes into Japan as well.
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  How dare he get into my cooking gig
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  Rudolph: Yeah, well I think you ought to take this up with the
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  Japanese, 'cause apparently that is a delicacy on Christmas Day.
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  And it, grew out of the war, the World War ii.
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  Remember that we were there, right.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yeah.
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  How can I forget?
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  Yes.
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  Terrible, terrible times
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  Rudolph: Yeah.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  But strawberry Christmas cake, it's not so simple.
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  You know?
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  I couldn't help, I wanted to look it up 'cause I really want some
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  of this, but it's sponge cake reminds me of our angel food cake.
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  with whipped cream and strawberries in.
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  It came about in the wartime because Japan was defeated of course, and had
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  to build themselves back up in red and white as there were flag colors.
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  So cool.
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  Patriotic thing going on there,
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  Mrs Carol Claus: KFC finger looking good.
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  I think I'm turning Japanese.
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  I'm turning Japanese.
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  I think there's a song in there somewhere like that.
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  But , I am kind of old and crusty, so I'm not as hip, but I do try.
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  I
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  do try.
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  Rudolph: Hey baby.
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  Keep to the kitchen.
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  Okay.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: The cool things will happen in the barn, I
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  Rudolph: Uh uh, that's right.
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  That don't get too big for your britches.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: No, that's Santa's job.
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  He has to get big for his purchase.
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  But anyway, milk and cookies.
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  Uh, how did we get there?
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  Those were quite a thing,
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  Rudolph: yeah.
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  And how did that happen?
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  That's kind of interesting.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, , the milk and cookies happened during the
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  depression and you're such a goofball because don't you remember that time
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  Rudolph: Oh yeah, there was that first time we saw those cookies,
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  I remember we just went crazy.
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  And I think you maybe gave us a little No, we snuck and got 'em.
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  I think it was Santa.
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  Santa did it.
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  It wasn't you.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: no.
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  I would've kept your hips nice and trimmed so you could get up off the
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  ground and dance on the rooftops for sure.
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  Today there is still a tradition, which is really wonderful and we're so
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  fortunate to have all the gifts that we can get today and in, well in today's
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  day and age that, if we could go back to some of those old fashioned traditions
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  where once in a while cent and I can put some magic dust on those roofs and
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  down the chimneys to make sure that.
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  Things stay just magical the way they should.
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  And when mom and dad don't put out cookies for us, And well
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  occasionally we like to do our little mischievous deeds as well
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  Rudolph: Yeah.
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  You know, in that magic dust, it's still out there.
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  We'd still use it.
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  People don't even know do they?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: No, they don't know.
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  A little magic dust goes a long way.
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  Ho, ho, ho.
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  Oh, wait a second.
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  That Santos line.
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  Rudolph: Uhhuh Uhhuh.
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  Don't you cross that line?
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  Okay.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, before we get crossing lines or, or jumping poles
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  or whatever that might be, let's just take a quick break and tell
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  everybody about the special gifts that Nancy and Sylvie have created that
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  are wonderful to use all year round.
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  not just at the holidays, because you know what?
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  Every meal has a story and every story is a feast, even if it is a cookie.
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  Rudolph: Oh yes, let's go.
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  Let's do it.
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  . Mrs Carol Claus: So Rodolph, let's just jump right back into that sleigh
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  again and talk about Scotland because well, you know, those Scots put the
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  oatmeal in their little Sporran Bag.
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  You know, I call it that thing that sort of covers the, the family jewels,
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  Rudolph: Oh, Mrs. Claus.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yeah, I know.
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  I kind of rock at times.
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  A little, a little dancing risque
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  Rudolph: Mrs.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: That nose does heat up a little too fast sometimes, I think.
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  But in the Scottish area, we have haggis cookies, which kind kind of interesting.
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  Rudolph: Well, okay, but you ate the sugar cookies as I recall, and the
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  reindeers got the haggis cookies.
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  Do you care to explain what those are my dear?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I do not because I'll just stick to the sugar cookies, the
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  Hagas cookies, they're all yours, darling.
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  Rudolph: That's what I figured.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: But let me tell you who's really in charge of what the
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  crew eats and yes, you just heard that Rudolph got the haggis cookies not moi.
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  that's French for me.
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  Yes, we do get to France too, but the inquiring minds Do want to know
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  really who runs the North Pole?
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  So yes, as I said, please, let's be clear.
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  Rudolph, you are not in charge, darling.
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  Rudolph: Yes, but my dear, I do provide that moral compass.
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  I know it was wrong to give us those haggis cookies.
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  I know it was wrong.
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  and I'm gonna tell Santa on you and.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: no,
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  Rudolph: Talking about the family jewels.
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  Listen to you.
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  and I add the possess.
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  No one has a red nose like mine.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: No, except for Santa.
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  After he is had, some of, Nancy's husband's Santa Secret flying Sauce,
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  Rudolph: Well, we'll
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  talk about that later.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yes.
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  Yes.
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  That recipe's in a previous show, so Oh, dears really sparkle in red noses.
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  They just sometimes get to be a thing this time of year, don't they?
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  Rudolph: Oh yeah.
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  , Let's talk reindeer cuisine.
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  my fans wanna know what do I eat when I'm on the road besides haggis cookies?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, you might eat a McDonald's burger along the
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  way, but I think you're vegetarian.
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  So, you might, sneak a pickle off of Santa's.
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  Sandwich here and there, but let's see what you do eat.
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  hmm.
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  Let me, go around the kitchen here.
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  Just gimme a second.
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  , Let me ruffle up some things.
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  What's going on?
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  Rudolph: Yeah, I am kind of hungry by the
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Okay.
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  Okay.
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  Just like pipe down.
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  Pipe down.
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  Rudolph.
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  Rudolph: Just wait a second.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: You are getting this year a little bit of oats.
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  We talked about oats before, again, in the oatmeal show we talked about oats.
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  You have a little molasses for just a little sweet treat, dried cranberries.
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  Those are one of my favorites too.
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  So I might sneak a few off the top of your meal and a bit of candy Ginger.
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  So that is what you're getting this year.
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  Rudolph: So healthy.
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  Oh, let's sneak a little more beer in there.
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  Okay.
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  I am gonna lobby for that.
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  I'm unionizing this crew if you don't feed us just a little bit better.
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  I understand about the hip argument.
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  Okay, I get it.
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  But, you're not like petite yourself, , and you got all that
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  kitchen work you have to do and you gotta kind of stay like with it, now.
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  I'll tell you what Mr. Claus does for me.
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  I just wanna stand up and declare that I do get my peppermint infused carrots..
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  A little bit of fun, a little bit of serious food, even when you complain
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  about how expensive that food is, that's so necessary to keep this thing shining,
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  this nose that I have and I'm so proud of.
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  It's called Prestige and Leadership.
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  Yay.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Now Rudolph, don't expect your name in Lights on Broadway
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  because they dim it for Christmas Eve so that all the crew can go home.
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  The cast and characters.
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  And by the way, I think Wicked might be thinking that your nose is
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  a little too bright on Broadway but anyway, for that glow maintenance,
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  yes, it is extremely expensive.
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  But we had the elves to take care of too, and , there were a lot of them.
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  Mostly they survive on marshmallows, cocoa, and fudge.
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  But they do have one big feast a year, and that's on December 23rd
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  where they have a big cocoa roast.
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  Just as we're packing the toys into the sleigh the night before, you gotta
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  make sure they have a little bit of fun in merriment before the takeoff.
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  Kind of like rocket launch.
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  I'm thinking Elon Musk, right?
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  Rudolph: Yeah, you know what Elon tried to talk me into going and taking
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  my reindeers and leaving y'all and heading for Mars on that spaceship
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  he has, because He says there's something about we know how to fly.
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  He's trying to figure it out.
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  Right.
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  'cause he had a couple of explosions or something like that.
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  But I told him no.
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  I said my loyalty is to Mr. And Mrs. Claus.
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  So you owe me
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Okay.
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  All right.
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  Maybe I will put a little extra beer in your
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  mash tonight, but
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  I think Elon Musk is gonna go on the naughty list as we have
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  162 elves bubbling around a vat of molten chocolate and dipping.
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  Anything that they can hold into their hands into it, you know, you gotta watch
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  out for Clarice because she might get dipped into the chocolate next as well.
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  As occasionally a bicycle wheel or two that.
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  Accidentally gets mistaken for, oh, a pretzel.
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  Rudolph: I will taste totally done and include me in the party next time.
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  . I'm holding some threats over your head, so just, just remember.
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  . I've got some, arson in my arsenal.
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  I've
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  Mrs Carol Claus: You've got a few, Yes, for sure.
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  I'll try and keep you off the naughty list this year, Rudolph, really?
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  You are, are a little mischievous at this time of year and oh, sometimes I
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  have to put up with that nonsense really.
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  But let's talk about some myths about the holiday times that, you and others
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  might not necessarily know about, but I think, you know, a few myths as well
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  Rudolph: Do we sneak food into Santa's pockets?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, yes, occasionally I do.
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  I'll sneak a ginger snap and, oh, wait a second.
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  The ginger snaps.
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  We talked about that with Magdalena ginger snaps and a little blue cheese
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  and maybe a little bit of port wine just to make sure they're extra good and.
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  in his coat.
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  He has some caramels along in his gloves and occasionally a
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  surprise fudge cube in his boot.
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  But that makes sure it's nice and soft.
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  Rudolph: How about do you ever put any kisses in his pockets?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Oh,
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  don't make me blush.
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  Don't make me blush.
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  Oh my God.
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  Rudolph: Hey, I'd like a few of those 'cause I got a girlfriend
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  going on in this, reindeer bunch.
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  Okay.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Oh,
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  Rudolph: Aw.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Rudolph, you're a swinger.
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  Ho.
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  Ho,
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  Rudolph: I am,
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  although they say not to date, anybody that's employed So I guess
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  I gotta be careful about this,
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I don't wanna fire her either, so please be careful
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  about your, antics on the side.
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  But, you know, travel insurance, we have to worry about that too
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  because occasionally a sleigh gets stuck on a roof and.
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  We gotta put an extra little burning fire under your butt or out your butt.
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  So maybe I should put some onions in your mash to make sure we
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  get a little extra poof going there for burning those calories.
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  Because , Santa does burn a lot of calories like a
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  hummingbird on an espresso drip.
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  Rudolph: Oh,
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Really?
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  Yes,
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  Rudolph: clever.
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  You're
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  pretty clever girl.
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  Yeah.
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  you know that, that stuff about me crashing and burning and,
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  all of that kind of stuff.
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  let's just remember that I got some things on you too.
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  Okay.
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  We
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, I was just saying the onions, so you can have extra
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  little gas to go up when you need to.
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  Rudolph: All right.
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  All right.
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  let me ask the next question, Ms. Claus.
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  Uh.
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  Rudolph trying out for the host position.
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  Okay.
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  Fans.
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  Fans.
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  Right in.
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  Okay.
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  I wanna hear from
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Oh, please, Rudolph, speak up a little louder so we
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  Rudolph: yeah.
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  Oh, no, no, no.
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  That's okay.
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  That's okay.
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  Uh, Mrs. Claus, what happens when parents eat the cookies before Santa arrives?
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  What happens there?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Well, honestly, we need the parents to have the
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  children, so, we don't punish them.
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  But Santa does respond oh and makes sure that they know their place.
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  Rudolph: oh, you're a weenie.
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  . So just saying, go ahead.
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  Say, what do you do?
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  Mrs Carol Claus: well, here's what we do.
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  We leave handfuls of glitter in the air vents where it appears throughout the
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  year, just to let them know who's been there and that there's a little bit of
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  extra magic in the air that they might not know about around this time of year.
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  Rudolph: So that's what that is.
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  When I was growing up and I was a little reindeer and one day I want
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  you to tell me how you found me.
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  Okay?
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  But that's for another show.
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  But.
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  it's slow sparkling justice.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: It is beautiful though.
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  Now Rudolph, you have to admit, and I know you wanna be in charge, but food is my
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  domain, so I have to be the one to make the suggestions of the dirty dastardly
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  Rudolph: glitter deed.
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  Oh, okay.
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  can I at least close the show
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  Mrs Carol Claus: If you must, you are a co-host today, but I am the star, but
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  I'll let you go.
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  So let's take it from here,
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  Rudolph: I, I gotten it.
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  You're pretty good with this.
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  but you've been at it for a long, long time.
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  Mrs. Claus.
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  I'm just a young pup b and I just wanna spread joy everywhere.
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  And I have an enormous fan base.
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  And
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  people wanna pet me and all that kind of stuff.
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  And all of that is good, but , I'll give you your due.
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  You're pretty good at this.
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  So may I take it forward?
• 17:33
  Rudolph: Oh yes, you have permission.
• 17:35
  Mrs Carol Claus: So as we close out this show, Nancy and Sylvia are off
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  enjoying the holidays, and we want to take this time to thank you for helping
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  them and for being there for them and listening to the show throughout the year.
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  Because we do, don't
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  Rudolph: Hmm.
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  We do, we love it.
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  So yeah, stay tuned.
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  , Mrs Carol Claus: and , we want you to keep your kitchens warm, your
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  traditions close, and your cookies even closer, wherever Santa can
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  reach them, because every meal has a story and every story is a feast.
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  And stay tuned because there's a lot more in store in 2026.
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  Ho, ho, ho.
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  From Mrs. Claus and Rudolph to you and your family.
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  A merry Christmas
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  Rudolph: And a
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  tip of the antlers to
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  Mrs Carol Claus: Yes, and from the tip of the antlers to the tip of
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  his nose and the top of my heart.
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  Merry Christmas to you all and to all a good night.
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  Bye-bye.
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  Rudolph: bye.