Delving into the Magic of Christmas with Santa Claus

Prepare to feel the magic of the holiday season as we welcome the one and only Santa Claus aboard the 266 Express. Today, we're taking a ride into Santa's world, exploring the enchanting North Pole, getting a glimpse into Santa's incredible gift delivery system, and learning about the magic dust that powers it all. You won't believe how he manages to navigate down chimneys without a scratch, or how Rudolph’s red nose guides him through his global gift-giving journey. This is the inside scoop you've been waiting for, straight from the jolly man himself.

As our nostalgic journey takes us from the North Pole to North Texas, we pause to appreciate the spirit of giving. There's a warmth to this episode that embodies the very essence of Christmas - a season of love, joy, and giving back. Santa opens up about his anticipation for his upcoming visit, his preparations and shares heartwarming stories that define this joyful season. This conversation with Santa reminds us all to cherish moments with our loved ones and to spread joy whenever we can. So, buckle up for this festive episode of the 266 Express and remember to get your letters ready for Santa's special mailbox!

You have been listening to The 266 Express, the official podcast of Sanger, TX.  IF you have comments or suggestions, please send them to dgreen@sangertexas.org

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:06

Welcome to the 266 Express. I'm John Noblett, here with the co-host, donna Green. And Donna, I am losing my ever-loving mind today. Tell everybody who we have here today.

Speaker 2 0:20

I'm so excited we have Santa Claus. Yeah, ho, ho, ho. I'm so excited. Santa, yes sir.

Speaker 1 0:28

It is so good to see you because I don't remember seeing you as a kid. I had a lot of questions about the coal in my stocking. But we can get to that later. We can get to that Now. The last couple of years you have been kind enough to bring us a mailbox so everybody can write some letters to you. Can you let us know a little more about that?

Speaker 3 0:51

Absolutely Kids. They can write a letter to Santa when placed in these special mailboxes that will be out on December 1st through December 17th. Folks at the City of Sanger will get them to me and each of them will be answered.

Speaker 1 1:09

You've been doing that several years and we're very appreciative of that, because we know that not everybody has a magic portal to get those letters to you. We're super excited and we encourage all the young ones and the families to make sure they get those letters in there between the 1st and the 17th.

Speaker 3 1:24

Absolutely, I'll read each and every one of them.

Speaker 2 1:27

Awesome, I'm so excited. You got a lot last year.

Speaker 3 1:31

I did get a lot.

Speaker 2 1:32

Yes. So, based on all those questions that you got in all those letters the last couple of years, we're so glad to have you here because we wanted to take some of those that you saw a lot of their same question over and over and kind of talk with you about them today so that we could answer all those questions for the kids.

Speaker 1 1:52

Absolutely. It's like a Santa fact.

Speaker 2 1:53

Yes, Awesome. So the first thing, where is the North Pole?

Speaker 3 2:00

The North Pole is at the very top of the world. There's lots of ice snow. If you have a globe, which I don't know if many people have anymore, but it would be the very tip top where the top pen is.

Speaker 2 2:18

And there's animals there.

Speaker 3 2:19

There are there's reindeer, there's polar bear, the arctic fox, the walrus because he can live where it's cold and in the water and there's moose. They are very hardy animals that have to live there, that are that are used to the cold weather.

Speaker 1 2:36

Yeah, one of my favorites, I think, is the Narwhal. Do they have narwhals up there at the North Pole, santa? I think so. You think so. You don't see them very often. You're a pretty busy guy. We know that everybody thinks it's just once a year for Santa, but we know that you, you have a year-round operation up there at the North Pole. I do have a question, and you know they say there's no stupid questions, but I fought, I fought on this one, santa. I didn't know if I was going to ask it or not. But how do you? I mean, how is it even possible that you can climb down a chimney and not get?

Speaker 3 3:13

burned. Well, there's a secret. There's always Christmas magic, and for me to fit down some of the smaller chimneys we have to have a magic dust. So I'll stand on the roof, sprinkle the dust and end up down in the living room, all right?

Speaker 1 3:34

That answers a lot of questions.

Speaker 2 3:36

That is super cool. Yes, so with that you know how do you find everybody's house.

Speaker 3 3:44

Well, santa's getting old and can't remember everything. So the reindeer have a special talent and they can remember where to go. They remember whose house we've been to, who house we haven't. Rudolph leads the way with his red nose and basically we follow Rudolph. He can take us anywhere we need to go.

Speaker 1 4:05

I was for sure that answer was going to be Google Maps or GPS oh no, but those reindeer are good. I noticed was that Rudolph. I saw on the roof when I came in this morning.

Speaker 3 4:15

He's up there. He's probably poking his head over the roof he didn't have his nose lighted up.

Speaker 1 4:19

I guess that's just for fog and bad weather. Yep, that's for the night time, okay. So, santa, I'm looking at you and I'm not saying. I'm not saying you may have too many Christmas cookies or anything like that, because I don't want to end up on my typical list. But for a big man, how are you so quiet when you, when you're traipsing around people's houses?

Speaker 3 4:44

Well, that's a secret. The reindeer they train every year. They train long and hard to land in a stealthy mode. So once they land quietly, I have to practice as well to tip toe around the roof and not to wake the whole house up.

Speaker 1 5:03

You do a good job.

Speaker 2 5:04

You do do a very good job, for sure, and you know what I've always wondered. I mean, I've seen your sleigh. You know we have a replica of your sleigh and so I've seen it. How do you get all those toys on it, and especially the great big ones? People get bikes and all ask for these big toys. How do you get them in there?

Speaker 3 5:23

Well, when the elves make them, they put a little of their magic in it, and when they put them in my bag and I put them in the sleigh, they're shrunk very small. So everybody's toys fit in the bag. And then, once I deliver them to the house and set them under the tree, the second part of their magic takes place and they grow to normal size.

Speaker 1 5:45

That's like like a pop up shop kind of Donna.

Speaker 2 5:49

Right.

Speaker 1 5:50

We're just just the peers.

Speaker 2 5:51

I'm just thinking we could get some of the sprinkle shrinking stuff for ourselves. That'd be good. That'd be good.

Speaker 1 5:57

My doctor. I wonder if he has any of that. Now I'm again Santa. I don't know what you think I'm weird, but I'm fascinated by chimneys here. Okay, I get it. You got the magic dust. You sprinkle the magic dust. You don't get burned when you come down the chimney. What if I don't have a chimney, santa? What am I doing now?

Speaker 3 6:22

Well, when we first started delivering presents to the kids, to the children, most everybody had a chimney. Over the years houses became fairly normal not to have a chimney apartment buildings so I had to go to the elves and they created a special key that will open any door. So sometimes I just walk through the front door.

Speaker 1 6:46

Those magic elves in the universal keys, in the stealthy ninja elves. I did not know so much about elves, santa. They're talented beyond their means. Do you have a special elf? Is there a head elf at the North Pole, santa?

Speaker 3 7:01

Now, if you create a head elf, then they all get jealous. So we just keep them equal and they all do their thang, they all have a part.

Speaker 1 7:09

That's good, that's a good plan.

Speaker 2 7:11

Are they specialized, though? Because you make a lot of toys, do you have like, does one elf make all different kinds of toys, or are they specialized?

Speaker 3 7:19

Each elf can make any toy. They can make a bike or they can make something out of wood. So we just take the list and each elf starts making what they make. That's pretty neat.

Speaker 1 7:31

We know that now over the years things have changed. I mean, the elves moved in, they do electronics now and all of those things.

Speaker 3 7:40

They're all still made by hand.

Speaker 1 7:42

All still by hand. That is incredible, santa, that is incredible.

Speaker 2 7:47

So we know John stays on your naughty list and I know I've been good, but how do you keep that all straight now? There's a lot of people in the world.

Speaker 3 7:56

Well, I have, let's call them spies. I send a few elves down from time to time and they'll look through the windows and they'll be hiding in the bushes. You'll never see them, but they're always checking. They're always checking up on folks.

Speaker 1 8:11

So they, they and they're reporting directly back to you. Yes, sir, oh goodness, hey, since, since I didn't know that, is there you know any special type of cookie that you prefer, santa, that they left out and and you know, is there anything? I mean, how do you eat all those cookies, number one but number two, do you have a favorite cookie, santa? Because I'm willing to.

Speaker 2 8:43

He's trying to bribe you.

Speaker 1 8:44

It sounds like it it does To cook some cookies.

Speaker 3 8:47

Well, Santa's favorite cookie is the cookie.

Speaker 1 8:50

Is the cookie.

Speaker 3 8:51

Makes no difference which cookie Santa likes cookies. I don't necessarily have to eat them all, but I'll take a bite or two out of each one.

Speaker 2 8:58

All right, Awesome. So what about the reindeer? You know, do they? Do they like it when people leave them snacks? And should we leave them snacks?

Speaker 3 9:10

Absolutely.

Speaker 2 9:11

What do they eat?

Speaker 3 9:12

They eat vegetables, fruits, berries, apples. They're not much on cookies, but they will eat the fruits and vegetables. They eat a little healthier than I do.

Speaker 2 9:21

Well, they gotta stay a little more fit.

Speaker 1 9:23

Yeah, they do a lot of running. What does? What does Mrs Claus do when you're out on Christmas night? Does she have a job?

Speaker 3 9:31

Well, her job is to put up with me most time, so she gets to relax on Christmas night when I leave. Okay, it's her one day of vacation.

Speaker 1 9:39

Her one day of vacation. That's it.

Speaker 2 9:44

So well. So the reindeer fly, which is super cool. Is that magic dust too, from the elves? Is that what that is? Is that something like?

Speaker 3 9:52

that they can use a little magic dust if they get tired. But that's a special trait that these reindeer have they can fly. Do they have to be trained for?

Speaker 1 10:01

that Santa.

Speaker 3 10:02

Well, we get trained to go in the right direction, okay, and they'll fly all over the place.

Speaker 2 10:09

Any chance of visiting my house twice.

Speaker 3 10:11

No, they only do once so they know where they've been. Yep, that's good.

Speaker 2 10:17

Anything else we should know. Santa, how about the kids of Singer? How have they been this year?

Speaker 3 10:22

Well, not to give away all my secrets, they've been pretty good, good. So there will be a sighting or two of Santa this year. So keep your eyes to the sky and we'll see what happens.

Speaker 1 10:34

Santa is there? Um, because the way your schedule works, is there a? Is there like a preferred bedtime for a kid on Christmas, like a prime time that I would put my child to bed? Not that my kids are older, you know that, santa, you know. But you know, when they were younger I always said, hey, you should be in bed by this time so Santa can come. I was kind of trying to leverage a relationship that we didn't quite have. But is there? Is there a prime bedtime for a young boy or girl on Christmas Eve, santa?

Speaker 3 11:14

Well, normally I try to be there. I usually try to be here in Singer all around midnight.

Speaker 1 11:22

So I would say well, before that, well before midnight, I was hoping you're going to say 6 30. That's what I'm telling you.

Speaker 3 11:30

When I'm at home with Miss Claus. That's supper times. I don't want to interrupt supper times oh okay.

Speaker 1 11:35

What do you eat, santa? What do you eat? What does Mrs Claus cook for you? What's your favorite? What's your favorite dish at the North Pole? Well, unlike people here.

Speaker 3 11:46

I like steak and potatoes. I like those.

Speaker 1 11:48

Steak and potatoes.

Speaker 2 11:49

With a cookie.

Speaker 3 11:50

I'll have cookie after.

Speaker 2 11:51

Have you? So, speaking of sightings in Singer, I do know that you are actually going to be in Singer during our Christmas on the square event, right? You're going to be downtown on December 2nd, I think it's two to four, you're going to visit with the kids and take pictures and absolutely wonderful. So that'll be awesome. So hopefully everybody will come out and see you Now if you're on the naughty list. Any second chances between now and Christmas?

Speaker 3 12:20

Never too late to get off the naughty list.

Speaker 1 12:22

Never too late, that's. That is very good news for me, santa.

Speaker 2 12:26

That's very good news Santa.

Speaker 1 12:28

I see a little elf head poking around the door. I think do you have to go? Is that? Is that?

Speaker 2 12:37

your cue.

Speaker 3 12:37

Yeah, I guess it is. He's come out of the sleigh so I'm going to have to go round him up and get him back up there so we can move on to the next.

Thanking Santa Claus in North Texas

Speaker 1 12:44

So you head on Well, santa. Thank you so much for being here.

Speaker 2 12:48

Yes, we appreciate you Absolutely. Look forward to seeing you on the second and good luck.

Speaker 1 12:53

I'll be there.

Speaker 2 12:54

Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 12:55

Thank y'all. Thank you. Well, you've been listening to the 266 express. Thank you for spending some time with me, john Noblett and my partner in crime over here.

Speaker 2 13:06

Donna Green.

Speaker 1 13:07

And when we say crime we don't really mean it that way. Santa, just just, just, if you could hear us, we want to thank Santa Claus for being here. Make sure you get out to see him when he's back in town. And thank you for listening to what's going on in our small little north Texas town.