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The Dear Santa Podcast
If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, why limit it to the imaginary margins of Thanksgiving and New Years? The Dear Santa podcast unwraps the wonder and magic of the holiday season through all the seasons. Yuletide super fans Jason M. Burns and Kate Kasch have set out to experience a holly jolly jubilant journey through the past, present, and future of Christmas, with their good friend Saint Nicholas helping to deliver a new episode under the tree each and every Monday.
Episodes
The Dear Santa PodcastThis Christmas We Celebrate Last Christmas
Sathnam Sanghera, author of Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, stops by to explore the lasting legacy of Wham!'s Last Christmas
The Dear Santa PodcastRapping with the Wrapping Queen
Nikki the Wrapping Queen stops by to school us in the art of the giftwrap!
The Dear Santa PodcastInspired by the Inspire Tree
Are you feeling Inspired for Christmas? We sit down with Tony Hobdy, the inventor of the Inspire Tree, a new tradition that promises a new way to celebrate!
The Dear Santa PodcastHallmark's Merriest Christmas Towns
We break down our favorites of the Top 25 finalists. What are yours?!
The Dear Santa PodcastSaving Christmas with Dana Alyss
Who wants to help save Christmas? Well now you can . . . and you don't even have to star in a Hallmark movie! Dana Alyss has set out to keep the Christmas Barn…
The Dear Santa PodcastFestive Family Fun For Realz
Our ho ho hosts break down their top five games to play at the ho ho holidays!
The Dear Santa PodcastTrim Trim Trim Dat Tree
It's never too early to think about decorating your Christmas tree, which is why we enlisted interior designers Alisa Berry and Keela Boone to get the…
The Dear Santa PodcastChristmas in a Small Town
A trio of elves from Christmas in a Small Town in Dahlonega, Georgia stop by to tell us all about the event and one of our hosts struggles to think of anything…
The Dear Santa PodcastGarland Games
You can’t get bored at the holidays playing board games with family. Game developer Dougal Grimes of EightyTwo joins us to roll the dice on the topic.
The Dear Santa PodcastA Christmas Concert Conversation
What’s it like to produce a Christmas concert? We find out by chatting with Shelly Burley of Once Upon a Christmas Productions!
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Destination Christmas: Santa Claus House
We're trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop in North Pole, Alaska to learn all about Santa Claus…
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Stocking Stuffer Bonus Episode – Top 5 Stocking Stuffers
What are your Top 5 Stocking Stuffers?
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza
We're trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop in Macon, Georgia to learn all about the Macon…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Nathan Kress & Grey DeLisle
We’re serving up a slice of delight with Nathan Kress and Grey DeLisle to discuss their new holiday special, A Chuck E. Cheese Christmas.
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Stocking Stuffer Bonus Episode – Top 5 Christmas Movie Villains
What are your Top 5 Christmas Movie Villains?!
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Antony Johnston
Canines and Christmas? That’s exactly what we’re serving up as we sit down with The Dig Sitter Detective’s Christmas Tail author, Antony Johnston!
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Stocking Stuffer Bonus Episode - Top 5 Modern Christmas Songs
What are your Top 5 Modern Christmas Songs?
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Elle Townley
She's a country crooner with a voice built for classic holiday records, and now Elle Townley is looking to make your season perfect . . . with a little help…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Drew Holcomb
Drew and Ellie Holcomb are no strangers to holiday music. They have a new collection of Christmas songs for fans, and Drew stops by to tell us why the season…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Cindy Busby
Cindy Busby is Christmas movie royalty. Now she's stopping by to tell us all about her latest, There's No Place Like Christmas.
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Stocking Stuffer Bonus Episode - Top 5 Christmas Movies
What are your Top 5 Christmas Movies?!
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Brianna Cohen
With two new holiday movies releasing on back-to-back weekends, actress Brianna Cohen is filling people with more yuletide tidings than Santa himself.
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Sheléa
Sheléa's big voice is full of big holiday vibes on her festive single Want This Christmas With You, which she stops by to tell us all about.
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Mark L. Walberg & Benjamin Steinhauser
It's a two-for-one special. Lost & Found in Cleveland stars Mark L. Walberg and Benjamin Steinhauser drop by to help us find our way this holiday season.
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Stocking Stuffer Bonus Episode - Top 5 Classic Christmas Songs
What are your Top 5 Classic Christmas Songs?!
The Dear Santa PodcastPet Presents - Good or Bad?
Unless you're Santa Claus, you probably shouldn't adopt a reindeer, but you may also want to reconsider adopting any pet at Christmastime-and we sit down with…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Dot-Marie Jones
Actress Dot-Marie Jones helps us find our way as we chat about her new holiday movie, Lost & Found in Cleveland.
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Solvang Julefest
We're trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop in Solvang, California this time around to learn all…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Sarah Drew
From saving lives on Grey's Anatomy to investigating mysterious deaths from a Christmas shop, we're joined by actress Sarah Drew for a chat about the Hallmark…
The Dear Santa PodcastHolly-ween
Santa Claus returns to tell us all about what Halloween is like at the North Pole.
The Dear Santa PodcastYuletide Yes or No?
It's the age old question-is Die Hard a Christmas movie? We explore this and many other are they/are they not options with writer/director Jason Bourque, whose…
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Christmas Prelude
We're trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop at Christmas Prelude in Kennebunkport, Maine this time…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Shae Robins
A Christmas Prayer premiered this Saturday on Great American Family and its star Shae Robins stopped by to tell us all about it.
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Katie Leclerc
Katie Leclerc bakes in real life and she's also baking in her latest Christmas-themed project, A Wisconsin Christmas Pie, which she stops by to tell us all…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Peter Mooney
Murder mystery and Christmas are an odd pairing, but Hallmark's Mistletoe Murders makes it work better than one of Santa's newly-made toys. We chat with star…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Meghan Ory
Meghan Ory is a familiar face to holiday movie fans and now she's stopping by the Dear Santa podcast to chat about her latest festive film, A Christmas Angel…
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Wassail Weekend
We’re trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop at Wassail Weekend this time around for a chat with…
The Dear Santa PodcastChat with Santa Claus, Part 2
SPECIAL EDITION! Santa Claus joins us for our second chat of the season! And we're talking . . . Christmas magic!
The Dear Santa PodcastInsane in the Cane
Not every candy cane comes in a box. At Priscilla Candy Shop in Gardner, Massachusetts, they've been making them by hand since the store first opened in 1936…
The Dear Santa PodcastWe'll Have a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas
Elvis Presley recorded some of the most popular songs in the history of music, but when it comes to the holidays, "Blue Christmas" is about as classic as it…
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Santa's Village
We’re trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop at Santa's Village this time around for a chat with…
The Dear Santa PodcastCHAT WITH SANTA CLAUS, PART 1
SPECIAL EDITION! Santa Claus joins us for our first chat of the season!
The Dear Santa PodcastDressing for the Holidays
Those sets won't Christmas themselves. We learn what it takes to make a holiday movie look like the holidays with writer/director John Stimpson.
The Dear Santa PodcastA Very Classroom Christmas
Christmas can be a classroom. Don’t believe us? Our chat with Dr. Diane of Dr. Diane’s Adventures in Learning may just teach you a thing or two.
The Dear Santa PodcastWhat in the Dickens?!
Society has been using the phrase, “You’re such a Scrooge!” all wrong. We get to the reasons why with author and creative strategist CJ Casciotta.
The Dear Santa PodcastPiece by Piece
Traditions vary from house to house. For some, gathering around the table and interlocking tiny, incomplete images is a holiday habit that is centuries old…
The Dear Santa PodcastNo Coal Here
Stockings. They’re hung by the chimney with care and dangling from our memories. We sit down with Garbage Pail Kids artist Joe Simko to discuss those tiny…
The Dear Santa PodcastDestination Christmas: Madisonville Christmas Company
We’re trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop at the Madisonville Christmas Company this time around…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting With Nathan Witte
He’s a self-described Grinch, but we think Nathan Witte’s heart grew three-sizes bigger during this interview. He's also starring in Unwrapping Christmas…
The Dear Santa PodcastChatting with Kathryn Davis
Just in time for Christmas in July, we sit down with Hallmark star Kathryn Davis to discuss her new movie, Unwrapping Christmas: Mia's Prince.
The Dear Santa PodcastChristmas In July
It’s the gift that keeps on giving! The Dear Santa Podcast officially launches with a look at the history of Christmas in July!
The Dear Santa PodcastChristmas Movie Clichés
When it comes to holiday movies, Santa leaves more tropes under the tree than toys. We’re breaking down the best and worst Christmas movie clichés with special…
The Dear Santa PodcastChristmas Trees: From Farm to Stand
You trimmed it, but how did that Christmas tree find its way to your living room? We explore the seed-to-Santa journey of your exquisite evergreen by chatting…
The Dear Santa PodcastThe Psychology of Christmas
Why does Christmas make us feel so darn good? We talk to psychotherapist and best-selling author Amy Morin to get the scoop on our holiday mood boost, even…