December 13, 2025 • 42 mins
This week on Toon’d In!, Jim Cummings welcomes the iconic, endlessly joyful, and unmistakably magical Santa Claus! 🎅✨ Best known as the world’s most beloved bringer of cheer, Santa has spent centuries inspiring wonder, generosity, and the spirit of Christmas — and now he’s taking a rare break from the North Pole to share his story.
In this lively and wide-ranging episode, Santa takes us behind the scenes of his extraordinary life: from the origins of his legendary gift-giving mission, to the evolution of the North Pole’s elf-powered workshop, to how he keeps the magic alive in a world that’s constantly changing. With warmth, humor, and that classic twinkle in his eye, he opens up about navigating holiday traditions, spreading kindness on a global scale, and what it really takes to deliver joy to millions in a single night.
Jim and Santa swap stories about the wonder of imagination, the timeless power of storytelling, the challenges of modern myth-making, and the importance of believing — no matter your age. From sleigh-flight mishaps to heartwarming encounters across the centuries, this conversation is overflowing with laughs, surprises, and pure Christmas spirit. 🎄
🎙️ Curious what it’s like to run the most famous workshop on Earth, balance ancient traditions with modern magic, and keep hope alive year after year? Then buckle up — this episode is a must-listen for holiday lovers, dreamers, and anyone who still believes in a little wonder. Get Toon’d In!
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In this lively and wide-ranging episode, Santa takes us behind the scenes of his extraordinary life: from the origins of his legendary gift-giving mission, to the evolution of the North Pole’s elf-powered workshop, to how he keeps the magic alive in a world that’s constantly changing. With warmth, humor, and that classic twinkle in his eye, he opens up about navigating holiday traditions, spreading kindness on a global scale, and what it really takes to deliver joy to millions in a single night.
Jim and Santa swap stories about the wonder of imagination, the timeless power of storytelling, the challenges of modern myth-making, and the importance of believing — no matter your age. From sleigh-flight mishaps to heartwarming encounters across the centuries, this conversation is overflowing with laughs, surprises, and pure Christmas spirit. 🎄
🎙️ Curious what it’s like to run the most famous workshop on Earth, balance ancient traditions with modern magic, and keep hope alive year after year? Then buckle up — this episode is a must-listen for holiday lovers, dreamers, and anyone who still believes in a little wonder. Get Toon’d In!
🎅🏻Follow Santa J. Claus on Social Media!
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🎟️ Meet Jim and friends in person!
Catch Jim Cummings at these upcoming conventions:
- Nostalgia Con (Salt Lake City, UT) – March 13–14, 2026
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4fHWwxa
🍎 Listen on Apple: bit.ly/3AmUYZi
💖 Support on Patreon: patreon.com/jimcummingspodcast
🎉 Order a Cameo from Jim: cameo.com/toondinjimcummings
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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slash Jim Cummings Podcast. Do it now, Hey everybody, Jim
comings here wishing each and every one of you a
very merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. It's been a heck of
a year and we've really enjoyed it here on the podcast.
Producer Chris and I have been working hard to hopefully
bring you some happy stuff for this Christmas coming up.
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I just hope everybody out there is having a great time,
enjoin each other's company. God bless, merry Christmas and what else?
I think that was it? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yes, I don't forget to stay sweetest honey and enjoy
the show.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
How you doing out there?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
It's me Tiggart, I am duc Wayne Duck. It's me
Bunkers deep Bobcat. All right, y'all, did it ring your
favorite firefly you desire? Hold the old knock guy. My
name is Jim Cummings and welcome.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
To tuned In.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, Hello, everyone, welcome back to tuned In with Jim Cummings.
We have a very very special episode. You are not
gonna believe who took time out of his very very
busy schedule. Courses. It's gonna get a lot busier in
a few days, if I'm not mistaken. We have good
old Saint Nick. Welcome to the podcast. Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, Jim, thank you for having me. I'm so excited
to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Oh my goodness, I can't believe you were able to
take time out. We thank you. No end.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, I heard that there were cookies involved, so I
needed to make sure that to take some time.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well, you're in luck because we've got some there and
I've got a bear friend of mine who can provide
you with some honey to dip if you want, you know,
honey dipped hook. You gotta love it, right, I mean, come.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
On, it sounds amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yes, what say you? Podmeister Chris, I.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Say hello everybody, and Merry Christmas. Thank you, Jim. Yeah,
it's really great to have you here, Saint Nick none other. Yeah,
sound and I love the outfit. It looks great.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, I love your outfit, Chris, my goodness.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Thank you very much, thank you very much. You know,
I like to be in the in the season, in
the spirit of things, so to speak.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
That's right, tis the season to be jolly. Yes, and
I'm pretty jolly right now. I'm just so honored that
you had a chance to get here, Santa. I mean,
it's a the lawns a little crowded right now. We
we had some antennas on the roof, couldn't anyway, It's
a parking thing, sleighs, reindeers. What's that smell? Oh, somebody
(02:55):
had chili for lunch out there? I think who was that?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Rudeolph?
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I don't Oh, okay, oh that's nutty. Thank you for
being here. I just can't say it enough. But how
is it like, I mean, are you just are you
busy every day of every year of or just I
mean the elves, I mean the working the workshop. I
can't imagine.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, it is certainly busy, and it takes all year long.
A lot of people don't realize this but we are
preparing for Christmas all year long, for the big day.
And as soon as we added this whole dynamic of
the social media's as they call it, well now it's
added upon us even more work.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
My goodness, Wow, that's true. Well, you've got a strong
work ethic, even though technically you only work one day
a year. A lot of prep, a lot of prep.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
This guy, news, my friend, Oh news, that's true.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I love it. Well, you know, I was just wondering,
you know, have you ever visited the one hundred acre Wood?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Certainly, certainly we've taken a few strolls through through the
hundred acre Woods. A delightful place. But thankways, on Christmas.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Eve, oh yes, and I was hoping to get a
smackrel or two of honey this year, as opposed to
you know, every other year that I had a smarckrel
of two of honey.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
If I recall going back on those wish lists, it
hasn't changed very much through the years.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
No, but it's nice to have a few honey pots
on reserve. Absolutely, and tiggers have very bounty springs because
you never know when you might need a little extra bounce.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
It's a dead right center.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Certainly, my friends, certainly, thank you.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
I have a question for you, Sanna, Yes, how many
elves do you have working for you up in the
north This is a two parter, actually, how many elves
do you have working for you in the North Pole?
And what is the strangest request you've ever gotten for
a Christmas gift?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Well, I'll answer the first question. I always will direct
you to missus Claus if we're dealing with numbers, if
we're dealing with the organization of the workshop, well, she
is the one to be able to ask all of
those things. Do you know what was her idea to
make a list? And she said, Santa, I think you
should check it twice.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I see. Well, that way you know who's naughty ort
And the other question, my friend, what was the other one?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
What was the strangest request that you've gotten for a
Christmas gift? Well?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I seem to recall a little one. I was visiting
in a hospital and he came up to me and said, Santa,
I have just one wish. I want a working rocket ship.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
A working rocket He wanted to see the stars.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I believe that's really so did he get it? Well?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
It's something that we're still working on on the technology.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
What was that sound? I heard something above?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I think that was Jimmy right.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
There, not this one, the other one. Man, that's crazy,
she's she's well, now, you've been in this business for
a good long time, A very very long time. Yeah, yeah,
he said, it's so much better than I now.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I was also looking at my records, and I was
also seeing, Jim that you have You have credits alongside
your name that say Santa Claus on a few projects.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yes, I suppose so. I mean, for for a while there,
it seemed like every year I would get one job
imitating you. And don't ask me why they didn't call
your agent? Did you you have an agent?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
It's a very busy time.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Oh well that's true, that's true.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
But you did a wonderful job.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Well, uh, I guess you could say I'm Santa Light.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Light Jim, I you know this. What did you play
Santa Claus in?
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Well, there have been a couple of serial commercials and
I always ended up doing something sort of for the
Super Bowl, the prep for it, and uh, I've done
a few hosts, but I mean, I can't compare to
the man with the plan. You know, I'm just just
(07:11):
Santa Light.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
You have like a Santa voice that you could give
us that you go to for it? Or is it
always different?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, no, it's it's pretty much all the same. And
I always worry that it sounds a bit a bit
like Pete from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
But very interesting.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
How you do it there, pal.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Ol, Rudolph, get over here, you little nut, and past
the sugar cube.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I'm going to make some tea.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
That was definitely something wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I can't can't even compare to you the man.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You also did an animated an animated special rite that
was based on Frank Baum.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yes, yes, years ago, and I actually was a couple
of reindeer as well.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Do you remember the reindeer?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I do, well, I was Rudolph one year and then gosh,
I can't remember. I think it was blitzing, blitzing delightful reindeer. Yes, yeah,
I couldn't agree more he was that year. Anyway, I'm
not sure. My daughter on on Chico On.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
We haven't added him to the lead team yet. Yeah
he's still.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, well, yeah, he's a chihuahua. Is probably not the same.
But U but my gosh, it's it's so wonderful. Now,
do you have a regimen that you you store up
your energy, follow the energy? Well, because it's one not
a year. But it's a heck of a night certainly.
(08:52):
Well do you know what a lot of people say,
how is it possible to do it all in one night?
And I let them know it's actually doesn't happen all
in one night. Oh.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
We have individuals that celebrate at different times around the world.
There are some countries even celebrating on the sixth of January. Interesting,
it's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Do you know the reason behind that? Sorry to interrupt you.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Well, it's just the celebrations. There are traditions and cultures
celebrate at different times, so.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
It gives you a little time to get the work done.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
It It is always a wonderful thing. Now, the majority
still is on Christmas Eve, but there are some countries
that receive their gifts on Christmas Day.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
That's interesting. I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, yeah, I'm a traditionalist. I still like to, you know,
do it on Christmas Day. Yeah, wonderful, And I gotta
believe you've got to get a lot of help from
the elves, because I mean the stockings alone, come on,
they're hung by the chimney with care.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Yeah, I mean, that's you.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Know, that's a delightful poem. And we do not use
my name at all in that poem. The original title
of the poem was a visit from Saint Nicholas.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
And do you know that they changed a name of
the reindeer in the poem later on on that song
of your friend Rudolph.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Oh, my gosh, so it used to be Lenny, right.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It was Lenny.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
How did you know, Jim, It just took a wild guess.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Well, we have the two reindeer that originally were written
in the poem as as blixam right, blickdunder and blixam.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Oh sounds like a law firm.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
And certainly it goes back to Dutch and German, which
means thunder and lightning. And then later on it was
written as Donder and then in that song on Rudolph
he changed it to Donner.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Oh, so this.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Wonderful reindeer has three different names. Isn't that delightful?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
That is well, he's got a lot to answer for
it dinner time.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
That's how you know he's important because he has three names,
like a Daniel D. Lewis or a Michael J. Fox wonderful.
That's three names.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
I've gotten used to it. Some people call me Santa Claus,
but some people will call me Saint Nicholas. In Italian
they will say babbo natali they do my goodness in Finland?
Do you know what they called me? There?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Something finish? Yolupuky Well, neither am I? Neither are you.
I don't even know what you don't know? Pooky? Okay, well,
I'm glad to not be a pooky wonderful.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Since I have another question for you, if you don't
mind wonderful, what is your favorite part about Christmas? And
actually this is this can be for you as well too, Jim.
What is your favorite part about Christmas?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Would you like to go first?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Well, sure, if you, if you wish. I think for me,
it's always been the lightning of the spirit. And it
seems to be universal. You know, you people beep less
at you at the red lights, a little bit less,
(12:07):
you know, it depends. I mean, I'm sure in New
York hasn't changed much but it's just nice to know
that everybody is literally getting in the spirit of the season,
and everybody gives everybody a little break, and it's just nice,
you know. And I think there's that song it's the
most wonderful time of the year, So maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
I think it is. My friend and I and mine
is very similar to yours. I love that the world
becomes a little less selfish, that there's more effort in
thinking of the needs of those in need. I think
it's a wonderful thing. There's more kindness involved. It's it's
also more of a thought. We're thinking about things we
can do in the moment, actions to help in our communities,
(12:53):
the world, our neighbors, our family. It's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Yes, well said, very well said God, my goodness said,
thank you Santa.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I'll share mine too, if you guys don't mind.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
This is more of an experience though growing up. So
I grew up in Canada, and in Canada usually around
Christmas time there's some snow, and so when I moved
to la when I was a teenager, it blew me
away for some reason in my little developing mind that
people would still put up like Christmas trees and Christmas lights,
because to me that was so associated with snow, and
(13:25):
then you just see like all these lights and trees
and it still kind of gives that atmosphere. I agree
with you guys. It's like, you know, it really is
like there's more friendly people. It's not like everybody is all,
you know, peaches and carrots. But it's a nice time
of the year. It's nice and cozy and spending time
with family, of course, that's always great. You know.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
In delivering gifts, we start out in the South Pacific
and in through New Zealand and Australia, and so for
some people Christmas is certainly a time for winter and snow.
But there are also wonderful places around the world, like
Australia that they are in the middle of summer that
they might open up their Christmas presents and then they
(14:06):
might go for a swim on the beach.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Wow. Well they do that in Hawaii too, I would imagine, certainly, Wow,
that's not bad. Now that that kind of reminds me
of a question I was I've often wondered, uh, And
I understand if you have to kind of, you know,
smudge the answer a little bit concerned, Jim, I'm concerned.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Where do you vacation?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Well, here's the thing. We try to go somewhere in January,
after all of the gifts.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Have been delivered, give us exhausted.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
It is a wonderful time to rest. And sometimes sometimes
a wonderful cold place is good. But we typically will
go somewhere nice and warm. This year we're going to
the Mexican Riviera.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh see, that sounds very good at least. Oh yeah,
there's fleas on your dad. When that came out, I
was a little kid. I thought, there's fleas on my dad?
What you know? But it's it's not quite the same.
It's a little better in actual Spanish.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Certainly, do you ever get recognized while you're on vacation.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Everywhere that I go? Certainly, I try to be a
little sneaky about it, but there's always someone that will
come up and say, Santa, is it you?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
What do you have an answer? Do you? Do? You
let them in?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
If you come and stop me while I'm out and
about in the world, there might be something that I
will hand you to confirm a little special gift, a token.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
MM, a token of your extreme there it is, that's wonderful.
That is wonderful, Santa. Do you have you ever gotten
just tired of it?
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Frustrated?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Frustrating, grumpy, grumpy Unsanta?
Speaker 4 (15:53):
Ish.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Well, here's the thing I have, missus Claus, that will
often remind me, Santa, remember that you're Santa.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
M Well, she's got a point. She's got you on
that one.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
I think it's important. But I think this is quite normal.
Is we all experience different emotions, and some of us
will will feel grumpy and frustrated and angry and sad.
All of these emotions are important and they all work together.
We're able to identify and appreciate the happy and the
joyful times, and and we also have the contrast in
(16:26):
our life. This is the part of life that is normal.
And I'm not I'm not, No, that's true. I'm not
able to not experience all of that.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
You're not immune to the whole experience. Yeah, well, why
that that speaks well of your heart and you're you're
you're grounded. Try my behind. I mean I talk about
one of a kind. I mean, there's there's only one you.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Well, I I have seen quite a few people that
look very similar.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Well, okay, yes, they're.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
All spreading positivity and cheer.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
That's true. I was one I often wondered. You know,
there are different TV shows that come out every Christmas,
whether it's a Wonderful Life or oh gosh, what's the
one at the Miracle Miracle on thirty fourth Street. That's
a good one. But the one that comes out with
the little fella that goes up to Santa and what's
(17:20):
the name of that that I can't think of it
right now, that's terrible. And it's in gimbals or it's
in Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Miracle on fourth Street.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Yeah, but it's no, it's the one that it's in color.
Oh god, that's terrible. We'll edit this out because somebody
is gonna But it's the one where no, it's it's
with the kid that gets Darren McGavin's in it, and
it's in Cleveland and he gets in a fight with
(17:50):
a bully and it's a very Christmasy show. Oh my god,
I'm gonna remember it and we're all going to go,
oh that one. It's the one with the he's grown
up now, but he narrates it and he says, back
when I was a little kid, my old man was
Christmas story a Christmas Story. I think that Christmas story is.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
The one where that individual in the red suit kicks
him down the slide. Yes, my goodness, I would never know.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
No, you'd have just thrown him right out the top.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Just kidding, Santa. Who's your favorite actor portrayal?
Speaker 3 (18:27):
You know, I have many, depending on what it's for,
But I would say my very favorite in temperament and
in feel would be Richard Attenborough.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Nice.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
He really approached it almost like a grandfatherly figure. M hmm,
and not so grumpy as some nice Now. I had
the opportunity to visit with mister ed Asner when he
was filming Elf, and he certainly approached it in a
little more grumpy way. They all do a wonderful job. Yes,
I think it's wonderful to see how they've twisted and
(18:59):
changed a little bit here and there. Yeah, and every
filmmaker wants to put there. Oh sure their fingerprint on
it as well.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Absolutely well. Ed Asner, God rest his soul. He was
an old buddy of mine. Now we're wonderful individual. Work
with him many times, and I have a mini confession
to make. He had a song to sing in that
movie about you, and they came up to me and said,
Ed wants to know if you will sing for him
(19:29):
a Santa and I said, well, of course, of course,
I do absolutely anything. Are you kidnapped? I love this guy,
and so I sang the song and about a week
later I saw him at the next session and this
is true story here and he comes up. He goes, well,
hi Santa, and I go hi, and he goes, I
heard you had a good time singing and I said, well, yeah,
(19:53):
you know, thanks for the guy. He goes, what do
you mean. He goes, well, they told me that you asked, well,
let Jimmy do it. He can sing blah blah blah.
And he goes, they told you it was my idea
and I said, yeah, it wasn't and he goes, no,
excuse me, I got to make a phone call. And
he went over and grabbed a hold of the producer's
ear and didn't let go until it was well chewed. Wonder,
(20:16):
let's just put it that way. So so you're you're
well represented. I think that's the moral of that story.
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Wow, Jim, we're hearing some really first time stories here
on the podcast.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Well, yes we are.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Who would have thought we just got to do a
Christmas episode.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Yeah, absolutely, we should do one every year.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
We should.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
There it is, Yeah, are you busy next to Oh
you're probably Christmas. Oh we'll see, we'll see, okay, but
of Christmas for sure, certainly, certainly for Christmas. So we'll
catch you before the next Christmas. If you're a fan
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Speaker 4 (21:12):
All right? I don't know if you're allowed to disclose this,
but how big is your Coca Cola endorsement?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
My goodness, Well they send me all that. I want
to drink a.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Wonderful thing free coke for life, for life.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Which is a very long time. I don't think they
realized it when they made the deal.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Jokes on them, Ah, do they give you all the
extra flavors that they have and everything too?
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Well, do you know if you go to Coke world.
You can try all of the different things that they create.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
It's very interesting.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
But my very favorite thing is to be able to
visit all of the paintings from hadd and Sunblum. Yes,
all of the original works of art. Yeah, that's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
I remember when I was just a wee little fella
three five years old, we had a standown up and
it was I think my brother or somebody, uh, you know,
got it from a local ice cream parlor, and it
was of you standing there in front of a Coca Cola,
giant Coca Cola bottle cap. And I still remember to
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this day thinking, Wow, that's a big bottle cap. And
and you were great, you know, and and uh, it
was just amazing. And and do you I just have
to ask, do you really take a bite or two
of because I personally have left out some serious grub
(22:38):
for you over the years. Are you do you just
in the night and you're just exhausted and stuffed.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Well, we are moving at such a speed that metabolism
was working a little different. Oh, which is a wonderful,
very important thing.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Oh, that's good.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
And the traditions of the world are quite different and
unique and diverse, so some places might leave our cookies,
some might leave out a bowl of porridge. Some might
even leave out a a little bit of honey.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh that's lovely, and maybe the occasional cactus sometimes sometimes,
isn't that right?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Yeah, but you know you were speaking on your memories
as a child. This is one of my favorite things
of Christmas that we do not have so very much
in our lives, that that attached to all of our
senses in the way Christmas does. Yes, we can smell Christmas,
we can hear Christmas, we can see Christmas, and we
can have all of those memories. And it just takes
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a little bit of a something like a like an
advertising standie and then you're remembering your childhood, which is
a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Oh yeah, or going to church and I smell that
there's a certain Christmas incense and there's always a tree
in there and you get that evergreen smell, and all
is right with the world. Yeah, wonderful. Yeah, all is
right with the world.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
My grandma makes these pumpkin rolls, and oh they are
so good.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Like say more, my friends say more.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Oh, it's just amazing, they're so good. I don't know
how they're so good and like she freezes them and
then lets them thought to the perfect temperature, like they're
like room temperature, but the icing is still kind of frozen.
M and ooh it's yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
And did you bring enough for the class? My friend?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
I admit I don't know how to make it. I
don't know that.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Is that is the job that I give you this year?
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Yes, I don't.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Do you have an opportunity to learn something as a
tradition of your family to carry on in the future.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
My uncle and my sister do, so I want a
little bit more time so they can't do it quite
as well as her. You know that that original recip
it's a.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Little magic involved when you have Grandma's making sweets and goodies.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Yeah, with no doubt about that. I just can't thank
you enough for being here.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Well, I'm grateful to be here, Jim, and I think
it's such a wonderful thing. I also want to just
comment for a moment about even your social media is
all of the things that you are doing, it is
all centered on spreading kindness and positivity and the world
certainly needs this so very much. Right now, Wow, we'll
take that right Chris.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm sure I speak for us both when I say thank.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
You, Yes, thank you, Santa. I have another question for you,
if you don't mind, I want to know, is there
a naughty list for adults or is it just for children?
Speaker 3 (25:23):
My goodness, well, the naughty list, the nice list, the
list in general, it continues on through life. It does,
it certainly does. But we are most focused on the
children for gifts. And I will tell you here's I'm
going to give you the secret. Kindness is at the
center of it. If we are kind to others, in
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those around us, and we put forth an effort to
be kind to ourselves, that's also a very important thing,
an effort to be kind to ourselves. When we are
looking in the mirror. What are the words that we say.
I hope that everyone watching is saying kind words and
nice words, since you're kind to yourself, because you deserve it,
my friends, and you deserve it as well, Jim, Oh, well,
(26:05):
no matter what they say, that's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Yeah. And I really think that's such an important message
to send out these days. You know, it's we get
so bombarded by a lot of negative things, and you know,
a lot of a lot of our capitalistic nature as
a country, you know, stems kind of on you know, negativity.
It draws more views, it draws more you know, add
money and all that, all that stuff, and which is
a shame.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's all around us. And I look at children now,
and if they just open their eyes, they see negativity.
They see negativity all around them. And I try to
encourage everyone to take a moment each day to stop
and to try to calm the noise and think of
the good things in life and to be thankful. We
have to, we have to be able to do that.
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And and I say, as we we start to do this,
and we do it more and more, we get better
at identifying these things as well.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
So true, that's very well said.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Yeah, it's easy to forget, like all the things that
you have, you know, it's it's like a hard fallacy
to fall into, you know, like obviously, you know, you're
better off it in one aspect of life than most
of the world, you know, in the country that we
live in. Yeah, you know, like we have it better
than most most countries in the world by default. So
it's hard to be like, oh, you know, why don't
I have this, why don't have that? And just based
(27:23):
off what you're saying, Santa, it's like, I think it's
really good to self reflect and you know, I have family,
you know, I have a career. Whatever, you know motivates,
you have friends. You know, I had a really good
meal today something like that. You know, it's different for everybody,
but I think that's important, like you said, to reflect
on that, and it's hard to do sometimes.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
It's certainly hard to do.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
Sometimes they do.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Now you know that I have the content that I
make for the social medias, and and as I'm visiting
and traveling around the world and doing wonderful things, well,
it's always a positive and fun and joyful thing, but
we have to also take a moment and pause and think.
For some individuals, the Christmas season is the opposite of that. Yes,
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sometimes for some individuals it can be a very dark time.
Sometimes it's a reminder of individuals that they have lost
in their lives. So we have to keep our eyes
open for those around us and be recognizing those individuals
that they might need some care and kindness and love.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
You know what movie I love that focuses on that
topic is Eight Crazy Nights with Adam Sandler, and it
talks about you know this Adam Sandler's it's an animated
movie for those who haven't seen.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
It, celebrating the Honkka season, celebrating Hankkah wonderful and it's
just kind of about this, like, you know, he's like
the town bum and like he's like middle aged and
hasn't really done anything with his life, and like.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
He's he's almost like a personification of the Grinch, you know,
because he can't stand everybody is so happy and lively
around him, and he feels miserable in his life. And
you know it's through people that are close in his
life and care about him in his life enough to
you know, battle through this this stigma that he's going
through where he sees like the you know, true Honica
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spirit at the end. And I always like that movie.
It gets a lot of it gets a lot of hate,
but I like it.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Well.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Adam is certainly on the nice list. He has been
for very long. What a wonderful if wonderful individual. I
had an opportunity to visit with him once, cool funny
guy too, very very funny, and I reminded him, do
you know that some of my very favorite Christmas songs
were written by Jewish composers. It's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
That's a beautiful thing, most wonderful time.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
I don't know that's cool. Do have you ever met
with any other celebrities.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
Quite a few through the years, and they've met with you,
And I think it's a wonderful thing. Some of them
are very interesting when you're meeting with someone you know
is on the naughty List. We will not mention any names.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Okay, my goodness, none are in this room though, right,
none in the room. Good just checking currently yeah, currently.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Yes, you just slip them a little bit of coal. Well,
we'll get ahead of the game.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Slip them some advice that there's still time to fix it.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Yes, they're not too far gone.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Certainly not. There's always time to fix it.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
That's nice of you to say that, Santa. That's very
very given. It speaks so well of your heart, which
we already know is you know, as big as a whatever.
Hearts are big ass.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Well, yes, the doctor is always commenting on the size
of my heart.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Uh but seriously, Santa, what is one thing that people
misunderstand about you?
Speaker 3 (30:41):
The misunderstanding, Well, here's something that I love to share
as often as I can, as a lot of people
will thank me, a lot of people will give me accolades.
But it is not just me. There's so very many
people that work behind the scenes at Christmas, and I
will say that the very top of the list is
Missus Claus. She does so very much to allow me
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to do things like even be here for the podcast.
I'm always thinking, you know, we have a tradition at
the North Pole that after all of the gifts have
been delivered, there Missus Claus is waiting for my return.
She can hear the bells of the sleigh as I return,
and there she is waiting. She's prepared a most wonderful
(31:23):
feast for Christmas Day. It's a wonderful thing. But she
is holding a little gift, and I have one gift
left as well in the sleigh. This is our tradition
that we create something by hand for each other, and
I will give her the gift after she's given me mine.
She always receives the last gift of Christmas, a celebration
(31:46):
in honoring her for.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
All of her efforts. What a beautiful tradition, certainly, and
who better than Missus Claus to get the very last Christmas.
Speaker 3 (31:54):
Gift, the final one. It is the finale.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
That's that's really sweet, It really is.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Speaking of sweet, do you we have a lot of
young listeners out there, possibly listening with their parents, watching
with their parents. Do you have any advice for the
young kids out there, Sansa.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
For all of the little ones that are listening right now,
I will give you a few little tips, a little
little bit of advice.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Are you ready, I'm ready, We're all here.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
Well, I tell everyone, make sure that you're not forgetting
to brush your teeth. Make sure that you're not forgetting
to clean up and pick up your toys. It's very
disheartening for the elves to work so hard at creating
brand new toys that they know we'll go into messy rooms.
Keep the rooms clean, my friends, and make sure that
you're listening to your grown ups. A very important thing.
(32:46):
But remember the very most important thing, and we've mentioned
it a few times today, is kindness. Be kind, be
kind to others, be kind to yourself.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Amen to that sage advice, sage wisdom, and of course
from Santa, what else would we expect?
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Well, and if I were to think about Missus Claus
as well.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
She would also.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Remind me to put put a little plug into more
broccoli less cookies.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
You're going to die ever mix them.
Speaker 3 (33:18):
I'm trying. I'm trying. My very best is that this
is the time of year where cookies just seem to
spring about everywhere I go.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
I have to ask you what is your personal favorite cookie?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Or they divulge this on the podcast. Here we go
for everyone that has their ears listening. My very favorite
cookie are the yummy ones.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
That was a very poor esque answer.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
That was a I also love the round ones as well.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Oh well that's sure. Uh huh, gotcha? Uh huh? Sure
where there's a dunkin Donut joke in there somewhere. Oh
wait a minute, they're not paying any money.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Now, Santa. There's only one right answer to this question.
Do you listen to Tuned In with Jim Cummings podcast?
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Well, if I did not listen to it, I would
not have known of what an honor it was to
be invited to be here today. I'm very happy to
be here.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Life is good. Thank you, Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Well, thank you Jim for all that you do, for
your kindness, and I want to also congratulate you. Christmas
will now be quite different moving forward, as I hear
that you have the gift of a grandchild.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Grandchild, Yes, yes, indeed, this will be his very first Christmas.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Oh, very exciting.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
And I told him all about you.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
Wonderful.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
He's waiting. He's sitting there doing things like so very good.
It's always a good sign, very good. And he's so cute.
You can't even stand it. Wonderful and it's just a
beautiful thing. So you do great work. And I can't
wait for him to almost meet you, because I know
you're busy. You can't stop and visit with that. Okay,
(35:03):
all right, well that's good to hear. Hear that. Jack's
that's wonderful, Santa. I don't know. I think. Do we
have any more questions for you?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Now? Here's something that I would love to ask, yes,
because I have a few questions that I've brought myself.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Ah.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
This is something that I always ask individuals that I'm
able to visit with. It is what is your very
favorite Christmas memory from childhood?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Hmm, but I've got so many of them. One one
of my favorite Christmas memories from childhood is being completely
snowed in, could barely get out of the house. I
thought that was the greatest thing in the world. You know,
my parents not so much because they were stuck with me.
(35:52):
And then I remember we're probably weren't the richest people
on the block or anywhere else. But I remember being
tickled pink and it was before I was in grade school,
and I got I got a ball, and I got
a coloring book and a little crayle of crayons thing,
(36:17):
and I think there were eight crayons in it.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
And it was a small pack.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
It was a small pack. It wasn't the big one
with the with the sharpener in it. But I remember
thinking that that was the greatest gift ever. And it
was probably the cheapest, but you know, it had so
much heart in it, and my parents were very sincere,
and you know, they did their best, and then it
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was just great and I was one of my favorite
Christmas is ever.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
And do you know that that gift also was filled
with creativity, which we see you've brought into the rest
of your life moving forward.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Well that's true. Well, good observation, Thank you, Sanna. Wow,
very true.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Do you mind if I chime in on this answer?
Like the question you have made me think of a
great memory. Yes, it's always been a great time for me.
It's kind of been like me and my brother's Christmas
traditions to play video games on Christmas. We would typically
get one of the new systems on Christmas from our dad.
And there was one Christmas. Oh man, I was maybe
(37:19):
like twelve years old, eleven or twelve years old, and
for some reason, we didn't think we were getting anything
that year. Like it was like, I don't know, my
dad kept a really good secret from us.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
I guess were you feeling you were on the naughty list?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
No, not at all. It was just kind of like,
you know, our dad was very very generous to us,
you know, and he bought us a lot of toys
throughout the year. So I mean, I know, you give
us the toys, but you know, you might have given
him a pass. And it snowed. It was my first
white Christmas in Vancouver and it snowed. It was snowing
on the day of Christmas, and I was like, oh yeah.
(37:53):
We went outside, we had some snowball fights, made some
snow men perfect and then we came inside. Boom, all
these presents We're like, no way. We start opening him
up PlayStation two and me and my brother went nuts.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
We were like no way, Like.
Speaker 4 (38:06):
We couldn't wait to start playing it. And then we're
opening more, opening more stocky stuffers, open another one, another
PlayStation too, and we were losing our minds. We couldn't
believe it. It had just come out that year. It
had just come out that year, so you guys can
do the math, however old and we could not believe it.
We're like, why why is there two? And then he's
like one for the living room and one for the
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theater room and we were.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Like, yeah, baby, forget about it.
Speaker 4 (38:31):
And then I think we played for the rest of
that day, right, And this is back. This is back
when people actually had to go to the store to
get these systems, and there was like pretty much Black
Friday lines outside of the mall, you know, wrapping around
to wait in line for these things. It was all
the hype back then.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Yeah, yeah, wow.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
You know a lot of people will ask me what
is my very favorite gift to make m and I
always go to the traditions, the classics, a wooden train,
a spinning top, some that was simple, but the children
around the world would wish.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
For and hope for.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
And now it seems as Chris is even demonstrated that
the little ones are wanting electronicles. Ipadd my goodness, they're
very difficult to make. We can never make enough of them.
So this is this is always what I plead for
parents that are listening, for all of those electronicles, I
want them to come from you. You be able to
(39:27):
do that if you can, and I will try to
maybe possibly do some of the fun simple toys once again,
wouldn't it be wonderful?
Speaker 1 (39:35):
That would be wonderful.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Listen to Santa OL's sourcing the labor here, folks, who
do you.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Think Amazon got the idea from?
Speaker 1 (39:43):
That's true? Well, oh oh, that's funny, fantastic, my goodness.
Thank you so much Santa for everything you do.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
Thank you, my friend, for all you do as well.
The world needs kindness as much as we can. And
it's always wonderful to spend a little time with someone
that has a kind heart as you do.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Oh, thank you. I'll take that, take that to the bank.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
And I hope that you have a very very merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
And I hope that you all have a very very
merry Christmas from podmeister Chris and I we just thank
you all for your dedication, for all the likes and
subscribes and all that stuff that people always say. God
bless you each and everyone, and thank you very much,
and thank you very much. Thank you German.
Speaker 3 (40:37):
Merry Christmas, everyone, Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (40:39):
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Speaker 3 (40:40):
From my heart to yours. May your season be filled
with love and joy and peace and happiness and all
good things.
Speaker 4 (40:52):
Thank you very much. And just for tradition's sake, I'll
do our typical out show. Yes, thank you guys all
for watching so much. We hope you enjoyed this. Chris,
this episode of Tuned In with Jim Cummings. I'm producer Chris,
and we're gonna do a couple weeks of this, you know,
where we do a couple of little Christmas themed things.
We have a nice little lead up that we're gonna
announce soon leading it's a Christmas Day twelve Days of
(41:12):
Christmas with Pooh. We're gonna be reading some stories of
Christmas and Winnie the Pooh going on his adventures in
the hundred Acre Woods. So we hope you like that.
And if you do like that then please be sure
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You know these days, they change it on us all
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what we can make more of. We have a lot
of good guests coming up. We have Nancy Cartwright coming up.
We have Tom Bancroft, who's a legendary Disney artist, and
I think those ones are some of the most interesting
ones too, when you get like a kind of behind
the scenes look at the Disney process and the animation process.
He's a really smart guy. Really looking forward to that one.
Of course, we have a bunch of other celebrity guests
(41:53):
for you, a bunch of other acquaintances who are gonna
be making their return to tuned in with Jim Commings,
so stay tuned for that. And as always, there's bonus
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and see some bonus stuff. We're gonna be doing a
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stay tuned in for that. A lot of cool stuff
coming up for this holiday season. And once again i'm
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producer Chris, joined as always by the legend himself, mister
Jim Cummings and good old Saint Nick Santa Claus. Thank
you again for being here, sir. We really appreciate it,
and we appreciate you all.
Speaker 3 (42:24):
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very merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. It's been a heck of
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Producer Chris and I have been working hard to hopefully
bring you some happy stuff for this Christmas coming up.
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I just hope everybody out there is having a great time,
enjoin each other's company. God bless, merry Christmas and what else?
I think that was it? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yes, I don't forget to stay sweetest honey and enjoy
the show.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
How you doing out there?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
It's me Tiggart, I am duc Wayne Duck. It's me
Bunkers deep Bobcat. All right, y'all, did it ring your
favorite firefly you desire? Hold the old knock guy. My
name is Jim Cummings and welcome.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
To tuned In.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, Hello, everyone, welcome back to tuned In with Jim Cummings.
We have a very very special episode. You are not
gonna believe who took time out of his very very
busy schedule. Courses. It's gonna get a lot busier in
a few days, if I'm not mistaken. We have good
old Saint Nick. Welcome to the podcast. Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, Jim, thank you for having me. I'm so excited
to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Oh my goodness, I can't believe you were able to
take time out. We thank you. No end.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, I heard that there were cookies involved, so I
needed to make sure that to take some time.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well, you're in luck because we've got some there and
I've got a bear friend of mine who can provide
you with some honey to dip if you want, you know,
honey dipped hook. You gotta love it, right, I mean, come.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
On, it sounds amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yes, what say you? Podmeister Chris, I.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Say hello everybody, and Merry Christmas. Thank you, Jim. Yeah,
it's really great to have you here, Saint Nick none other. Yeah,
sound and I love the outfit. It looks great.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, I love your outfit, Chris, my goodness.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Thank you very much, thank you very much. You know,
I like to be in the in the season, in
the spirit of things, so to speak.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
That's right, tis the season to be jolly. Yes, and
I'm pretty jolly right now. I'm just so honored that
you had a chance to get here, Santa. I mean,
it's a the lawns a little crowded right now. We
we had some antennas on the roof, couldn't anyway, It's
a parking thing, sleighs, reindeers. What's that smell? Oh, somebody
(02:55):
had chili for lunch out there? I think who was that?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Rudeolph?
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I don't Oh, okay, oh that's nutty. Thank you for
being here. I just can't say it enough. But how
is it like, I mean, are you just are you
busy every day of every year of or just I
mean the elves, I mean the working the workshop. I
can't imagine.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, it is certainly busy, and it takes all year long.
A lot of people don't realize this but we are
preparing for Christmas all year long, for the big day.
And as soon as we added this whole dynamic of
the social media's as they call it, well now it's
added upon us even more work.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
My goodness, Wow, that's true. Well, you've got a strong
work ethic, even though technically you only work one day
a year. A lot of prep, a lot of prep.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
This guy, news, my friend, Oh news, that's true.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I love it. Well, you know, I was just wondering,
you know, have you ever visited the one hundred acre Wood?
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Certainly, certainly we've taken a few strolls through through the
hundred acre Woods. A delightful place. But thankways, on Christmas.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Eve, oh yes, and I was hoping to get a
smackrel or two of honey this year, as opposed to
you know, every other year that I had a smarckrel
of two of honey.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
If I recall going back on those wish lists, it
hasn't changed very much through the years.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
No, but it's nice to have a few honey pots
on reserve. Absolutely, and tiggers have very bounty springs because
you never know when you might need a little extra bounce.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
It's a dead right center.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Certainly, my friends, certainly, thank you.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
I have a question for you, Sanna, Yes, how many
elves do you have working for you up in the
north This is a two parter, actually, how many elves
do you have working for you in the North Pole?
And what is the strangest request you've ever gotten for
a Christmas gift?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Well, I'll answer the first question. I always will direct
you to missus Claus if we're dealing with numbers, if
we're dealing with the organization of the workshop, well, she
is the one to be able to ask all of
those things. Do you know what was her idea to
make a list? And she said, Santa, I think you
should check it twice.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I see. Well, that way you know who's naughty ort
And the other question, my friend, what was the other one?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
What was the strangest request that you've gotten for a
Christmas gift? Well?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I seem to recall a little one. I was visiting
in a hospital and he came up to me and said, Santa,
I have just one wish. I want a working rocket ship.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
A working rocket He wanted to see the stars.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I believe that's really so did he get it? Well?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
It's something that we're still working on on the technology.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
What was that sound? I heard something above?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I think that was Jimmy right.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
There, not this one, the other one. Man, that's crazy,
she's she's well, now, you've been in this business for
a good long time, A very very long time. Yeah, yeah,
he said, it's so much better than I now.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I was also looking at my records, and I was
also seeing, Jim that you have You have credits alongside
your name that say Santa Claus on a few projects.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yes, I suppose so. I mean, for for a while there,
it seemed like every year I would get one job
imitating you. And don't ask me why they didn't call
your agent? Did you you have an agent?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
It's a very busy time.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Oh well that's true, that's true.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
But you did a wonderful job.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Well, uh, I guess you could say I'm Santa Light.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Light Jim, I you know this. What did you play
Santa Claus in?
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Well, there have been a couple of serial commercials and
I always ended up doing something sort of for the
Super Bowl, the prep for it, and uh, I've done
a few hosts, but I mean, I can't compare to
the man with the plan. You know, I'm just just
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Santa Light.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
You have like a Santa voice that you could give
us that you go to for it? Or is it
always different?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, no, it's it's pretty much all the same. And
I always worry that it sounds a bit a bit
like Pete from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
But very interesting.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
How you do it there, pal.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Ol, Rudolph, get over here, you little nut, and past
the sugar cube.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I'm going to make some tea.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
That was definitely something wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I can't can't even compare to you the man.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
You also did an animated an animated special rite that
was based on Frank Baum.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yes, yes, years ago, and I actually was a couple
of reindeer as well.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Do you remember the reindeer?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I do, well, I was Rudolph one year and then gosh,
I can't remember. I think it was blitzing, blitzing delightful reindeer. Yes, yeah,
I couldn't agree more he was that year. Anyway, I'm
not sure. My daughter on on Chico On.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
We haven't added him to the lead team yet. Yeah
he's still.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, well, yeah, he's a chihuahua. Is probably not the same.
But U but my gosh, it's it's so wonderful. Now,
do you have a regimen that you you store up
your energy, follow the energy? Well, because it's one not
a year. But it's a heck of a night certainly.
(08:52):
Well do you know what a lot of people say,
how is it possible to do it all in one night?
And I let them know it's actually doesn't happen all
in one night. Oh.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
We have individuals that celebrate at different times around the world.
There are some countries even celebrating on the sixth of January. Interesting,
it's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Do you know the reason behind that? Sorry to interrupt you.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Well, it's just the celebrations. There are traditions and cultures
celebrate at different times, so.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
It gives you a little time to get the work done.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
It It is always a wonderful thing. Now, the majority
still is on Christmas Eve, but there are some countries
that receive their gifts on Christmas Day.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
That's interesting. I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, yeah, I'm a traditionalist. I still like to, you know,
do it on Christmas Day. Yeah, wonderful, And I gotta
believe you've got to get a lot of help from
the elves, because I mean the stockings alone, come on,
they're hung by the chimney with care.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Yeah, I mean, that's you.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Know, that's a delightful poem. And we do not use
my name at all in that poem. The original title
of the poem was a visit from Saint Nicholas.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
And do you know that they changed a name of
the reindeer in the poem later on on that song
of your friend Rudolph.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Oh, my gosh, so it used to be Lenny, right.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It was Lenny.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
How did you know, Jim, It just took a wild guess.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Well, we have the two reindeer that originally were written
in the poem as as blixam right, blickdunder and blixam.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Oh sounds like a law firm.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
And certainly it goes back to Dutch and German, which
means thunder and lightning. And then later on it was
written as Donder and then in that song on Rudolph
he changed it to Donner.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Oh, so this.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Wonderful reindeer has three different names. Isn't that delightful?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
That is well, he's got a lot to answer for
it dinner time.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
That's how you know he's important because he has three names,
like a Daniel D. Lewis or a Michael J. Fox wonderful.
That's three names.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
I've gotten used to it. Some people call me Santa Claus,
but some people will call me Saint Nicholas. In Italian
they will say babbo natali they do my goodness in Finland?
Do you know what they called me? There?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Something finish? Yolupuky Well, neither am I? Neither are you.
I don't even know what you don't know? Pooky? Okay, well,
I'm glad to not be a pooky wonderful.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Since I have another question for you, if you don't
mind wonderful, what is your favorite part about Christmas? And
actually this is this can be for you as well too, Jim.
What is your favorite part about Christmas?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Would you like to go first?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Well, sure, if you, if you wish. I think for me,
it's always been the lightning of the spirit. And it
seems to be universal. You know, you people beep less
at you at the red lights, a little bit less,
(12:07):
you know, it depends. I mean, I'm sure in New
York hasn't changed much but it's just nice to know
that everybody is literally getting in the spirit of the season,
and everybody gives everybody a little break, and it's just nice,
you know. And I think there's that song it's the
most wonderful time of the year, So maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
I think it is. My friend and I and mine
is very similar to yours. I love that the world
becomes a little less selfish, that there's more effort in
thinking of the needs of those in need. I think
it's a wonderful thing. There's more kindness involved. It's it's
also more of a thought. We're thinking about things we
can do in the moment, actions to help in our communities,
(12:53):
the world, our neighbors, our family. It's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Yes, well said, very well said God, my goodness said,
thank you Santa.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I'll share mine too, if you guys don't mind.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
This is more of an experience though growing up. So
I grew up in Canada, and in Canada usually around
Christmas time there's some snow, and so when I moved
to la when I was a teenager, it blew me
away for some reason in my little developing mind that
people would still put up like Christmas trees and Christmas lights,
because to me that was so associated with snow, and
(13:25):
then you just see like all these lights and trees
and it still kind of gives that atmosphere. I agree
with you guys. It's like, you know, it really is
like there's more friendly people. It's not like everybody is all,
you know, peaches and carrots. But it's a nice time
of the year. It's nice and cozy and spending time
with family, of course, that's always great. You know.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
In delivering gifts, we start out in the South Pacific
and in through New Zealand and Australia, and so for
some people Christmas is certainly a time for winter and snow.
But there are also wonderful places around the world, like
Australia that they are in the middle of summer that
they might open up their Christmas presents and then they
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might go for a swim on the beach.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Wow. Well they do that in Hawaii too, I would imagine, certainly, Wow,
that's not bad. Now that that kind of reminds me
of a question I was I've often wondered, uh, And
I understand if you have to kind of, you know,
smudge the answer a little bit concerned, Jim, I'm concerned.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Where do you vacation?
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Well, here's the thing. We try to go somewhere in January,
after all of the gifts.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Have been delivered, give us exhausted.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
It is a wonderful time to rest. And sometimes sometimes
a wonderful cold place is good. But we typically will
go somewhere nice and warm. This year we're going to
the Mexican Riviera.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Oh see, that sounds very good at least. Oh yeah,
there's fleas on your dad. When that came out, I
was a little kid. I thought, there's fleas on my dad?
What you know? But it's it's not quite the same.
It's a little better in actual Spanish.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Certainly, do you ever get recognized while you're on vacation.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Everywhere that I go? Certainly, I try to be a
little sneaky about it, but there's always someone that will
come up and say, Santa, is it you?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
What do you have an answer? Do you? Do? You
let them in?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
If you come and stop me while I'm out and
about in the world, there might be something that I
will hand you to confirm a little special gift, a token.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
MM, a token of your extreme there it is, that's wonderful.
That is wonderful, Santa. Do you have you ever gotten
just tired of it?
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Frustrated?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Frustrating, grumpy, grumpy Unsanta?
Speaker 4 (15:53):
Ish.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Well, here's the thing I have, missus Claus, that will
often remind me, Santa, remember that you're Santa.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
M Well, she's got a point. She's got you on
that one.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
I think it's important. But I think this is quite normal.
Is we all experience different emotions, and some of us
will will feel grumpy and frustrated and angry and sad.
All of these emotions are important and they all work together.
We're able to identify and appreciate the happy and the
joyful times, and and we also have the contrast in
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our life. This is the part of life that is normal.
And I'm not I'm not, No, that's true. I'm not
able to not experience all of that.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
You're not immune to the whole experience. Yeah, well, why
that that speaks well of your heart and you're you're
you're grounded. Try my behind. I mean I talk about
one of a kind. I mean, there's there's only one you.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Well, I I have seen quite a few people that
look very similar.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Well, okay, yes, they're.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
All spreading positivity and cheer.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
That's true. I was one I often wondered. You know,
there are different TV shows that come out every Christmas,
whether it's a Wonderful Life or oh gosh, what's the
one at the Miracle Miracle on thirty fourth Street. That's
a good one. But the one that comes out with
the little fella that goes up to Santa and what's
(17:20):
the name of that that I can't think of it
right now, that's terrible. And it's in gimbals or it's
in Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Miracle on fourth Street.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Yeah, but it's no, it's the one that it's in color.
Oh god, that's terrible. We'll edit this out because somebody
is gonna But it's the one where no, it's it's
with the kid that gets Darren McGavin's in it, and
it's in Cleveland and he gets in a fight with
(17:50):
a bully and it's a very Christmasy show. Oh my god,
I'm gonna remember it and we're all going to go,
oh that one. It's the one with the he's grown
up now, but he narrates it and he says, back
when I was a little kid, my old man was
Christmas story a Christmas Story. I think that Christmas story is.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
The one where that individual in the red suit kicks
him down the slide. Yes, my goodness, I would never know.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
No, you'd have just thrown him right out the top.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Just kidding, Santa. Who's your favorite actor portrayal?
Speaker 3 (18:27):
You know, I have many, depending on what it's for,
But I would say my very favorite in temperament and
in feel would be Richard Attenborough.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Nice.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
He really approached it almost like a grandfatherly figure. M hmm,
and not so grumpy as some nice Now. I had
the opportunity to visit with mister ed Asner when he
was filming Elf, and he certainly approached it in a
little more grumpy way. They all do a wonderful job. Yes,
I think it's wonderful to see how they've twisted and
(18:59):
changed a little bit here and there. Yeah, and every
filmmaker wants to put there. Oh sure their fingerprint on
it as well.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Absolutely well. Ed Asner, God rest his soul. He was
an old buddy of mine. Now we're wonderful individual. Work
with him many times, and I have a mini confession
to make. He had a song to sing in that
movie about you, and they came up to me and said,
Ed wants to know if you will sing for him
(19:29):
a Santa and I said, well, of course, of course,
I do absolutely anything. Are you kidnapped? I love this guy,
and so I sang the song and about a week
later I saw him at the next session and this
is true story here and he comes up. He goes, well,
hi Santa, and I go hi, and he goes, I
heard you had a good time singing and I said, well, yeah,
(19:53):
you know, thanks for the guy. He goes, what do
you mean. He goes, well, they told me that you asked, well,
let Jimmy do it. He can sing blah blah blah.
And he goes, they told you it was my idea
and I said, yeah, it wasn't and he goes, no,
excuse me, I got to make a phone call. And
he went over and grabbed a hold of the producer's
ear and didn't let go until it was well chewed. Wonder,
(20:16):
let's just put it that way. So so you're you're
well represented. I think that's the moral of that story.
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Wow, Jim, we're hearing some really first time stories here
on the podcast.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Well, yes we are.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Who would have thought we just got to do a
Christmas episode.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Yeah, absolutely, we should do one every year.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
We should.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
There it is, Yeah, are you busy next to Oh
you're probably Christmas. Oh we'll see, we'll see, okay, but
of Christmas for sure, certainly, certainly for Christmas. So we'll
catch you before the next Christmas. If you're a fan
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Speaker 4 (21:12):
All right? I don't know if you're allowed to disclose this,
but how big is your Coca Cola endorsement?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
My goodness, Well they send me all that. I want
to drink a.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Wonderful thing free coke for life, for life.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Which is a very long time. I don't think they
realized it when they made the deal.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Jokes on them, Ah, do they give you all the
extra flavors that they have and everything too?
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Well, do you know if you go to Coke world.
You can try all of the different things that they create.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
It's very interesting.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
But my very favorite thing is to be able to
visit all of the paintings from hadd and Sunblum. Yes,
all of the original works of art. Yeah, that's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
I remember when I was just a wee little fella
three five years old, we had a standown up and
it was I think my brother or somebody, uh, you know,
got it from a local ice cream parlor, and it
was of you standing there in front of a Coca Cola,
giant Coca Cola bottle cap. And I still remember to
(22:16):
this day thinking, Wow, that's a big bottle cap. And
and you were great, you know, and and uh, it
was just amazing. And and do you I just have
to ask, do you really take a bite or two
of because I personally have left out some serious grub
(22:38):
for you over the years. Are you do you just
in the night and you're just exhausted and stuffed.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Well, we are moving at such a speed that metabolism
was working a little different. Oh, which is a wonderful,
very important thing.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Oh, that's good.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
And the traditions of the world are quite different and
unique and diverse, so some places might leave our cookies,
some might leave out a bowl of porridge. Some might
even leave out a a little bit of honey.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh that's lovely, and maybe the occasional cactus sometimes sometimes,
isn't that right?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Yeah, but you know you were speaking on your memories
as a child. This is one of my favorite things
of Christmas that we do not have so very much
in our lives, that that attached to all of our
senses in the way Christmas does. Yes, we can smell Christmas,
we can hear Christmas, we can see Christmas, and we
can have all of those memories. And it just takes
(23:33):
a little bit of a something like a like an
advertising standie and then you're remembering your childhood, which is
a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Oh yeah, or going to church and I smell that
there's a certain Christmas incense and there's always a tree
in there and you get that evergreen smell, and all
is right with the world. Yeah, wonderful. Yeah, all is
right with the world.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
My grandma makes these pumpkin rolls, and oh they are
so good.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Like say more, my friends say more.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Oh, it's just amazing, they're so good. I don't know
how they're so good and like she freezes them and
then lets them thought to the perfect temperature, like they're
like room temperature, but the icing is still kind of frozen.
M and ooh it's yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
And did you bring enough for the class? My friend?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
I admit I don't know how to make it. I
don't know that.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Is that is the job that I give you this year?
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Yes, I don't.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Do you have an opportunity to learn something as a
tradition of your family to carry on in the future.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
My uncle and my sister do, so I want a
little bit more time so they can't do it quite
as well as her. You know that that original recip
it's a.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Little magic involved when you have Grandma's making sweets and goodies.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Yeah, with no doubt about that. I just can't thank
you enough for being here.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Well, I'm grateful to be here, Jim, and I think
it's such a wonderful thing. I also want to just
comment for a moment about even your social media is
all of the things that you are doing, it is
all centered on spreading kindness and positivity and the world
certainly needs this so very much. Right now, Wow, we'll
take that right Chris.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
Absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm sure I speak for us both when I say thank.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
You, Yes, thank you, Santa. I have another question for you,
if you don't mind, I want to know, is there
a naughty list for adults or is it just for children?
Speaker 3 (25:23):
My goodness, well, the naughty list, the nice list, the
list in general, it continues on through life. It does,
it certainly does. But we are most focused on the
children for gifts. And I will tell you here's I'm
going to give you the secret. Kindness is at the
center of it. If we are kind to others, in
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those around us, and we put forth an effort to
be kind to ourselves, that's also a very important thing,
an effort to be kind to ourselves. When we are
looking in the mirror. What are the words that we say.
I hope that everyone watching is saying kind words and
nice words, since you're kind to yourself, because you deserve it,
my friends, and you deserve it as well, Jim, Oh, well,
(26:05):
no matter what they say, that's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Yeah. And I really think that's such an important message
to send out these days. You know, it's we get
so bombarded by a lot of negative things, and you know,
a lot of a lot of our capitalistic nature as
a country, you know, stems kind of on you know, negativity.
It draws more views, it draws more you know, add
money and all that, all that stuff, and which is
a shame.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
It's all around us. And I look at children now,
and if they just open their eyes, they see negativity.
They see negativity all around them. And I try to
encourage everyone to take a moment each day to stop
and to try to calm the noise and think of
the good things in life and to be thankful. We
have to, we have to be able to do that.
(26:49):
And and I say, as we we start to do this,
and we do it more and more, we get better
at identifying these things as well.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
So true, that's very well said.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Yeah, it's easy to forget, like all the things that
you have, you know, it's it's like a hard fallacy
to fall into, you know, like obviously, you know, you're
better off it in one aspect of life than most
of the world, you know, in the country that we
live in. Yeah, you know, like we have it better
than most most countries in the world by default. So
it's hard to be like, oh, you know, why don't
I have this, why don't have that? And just based
(27:23):
off what you're saying, Santa, it's like, I think it's
really good to self reflect and you know, I have family,
you know, I have a career. Whatever, you know motivates,
you have friends. You know, I had a really good
meal today something like that. You know, it's different for everybody,
but I think that's important, like you said, to reflect
on that, and it's hard to do sometimes.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
It's certainly hard to do.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
Sometimes they do.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Now you know that I have the content that I
make for the social medias, and and as I'm visiting
and traveling around the world and doing wonderful things, well,
it's always a positive and fun and joyful thing, but
we have to also take a moment and pause and think.
For some individuals, the Christmas season is the opposite of that. Yes,
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sometimes for some individuals it can be a very dark time.
Sometimes it's a reminder of individuals that they have lost
in their lives. So we have to keep our eyes
open for those around us and be recognizing those individuals
that they might need some care and kindness and love.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
You know what movie I love that focuses on that
topic is Eight Crazy Nights with Adam Sandler, and it
talks about you know this Adam Sandler's it's an animated
movie for those who haven't seen.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
It, celebrating the Honkka season, celebrating Hankkah wonderful and it's
just kind of about this, like, you know, he's like
the town bum and like he's like middle aged and
hasn't really done anything with his life, and like.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
He's he's almost like a personification of the Grinch, you know,
because he can't stand everybody is so happy and lively
around him, and he feels miserable in his life. And
you know it's through people that are close in his
life and care about him in his life enough to
you know, battle through this this stigma that he's going
through where he sees like the you know, true Honica
(29:10):
spirit at the end. And I always like that movie.
It gets a lot of it gets a lot of hate,
but I like it.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Well.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Adam is certainly on the nice list. He has been
for very long. What a wonderful if wonderful individual. I
had an opportunity to visit with him once, cool funny
guy too, very very funny, and I reminded him, do
you know that some of my very favorite Christmas songs
were written by Jewish composers. It's a wonderful thing.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
That's a beautiful thing, most wonderful time.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
I don't know that's cool. Do have you ever met
with any other celebrities.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
Quite a few through the years, and they've met with you,
And I think it's a wonderful thing. Some of them
are very interesting when you're meeting with someone you know
is on the naughty List. We will not mention any names.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Okay, my goodness, none are in this room though, right,
none in the room. Good just checking currently yeah, currently.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Yes, you just slip them a little bit of coal. Well,
we'll get ahead of the game.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Slip them some advice that there's still time to fix it.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Yes, they're not too far gone.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
Certainly not. There's always time to fix it.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
That's nice of you to say that, Santa. That's very
very given. It speaks so well of your heart, which
we already know is you know, as big as a whatever.
Hearts are big ass.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Well, yes, the doctor is always commenting on the size
of my heart.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Uh but seriously, Santa, what is one thing that people
misunderstand about you?
Speaker 3 (30:41):
The misunderstanding, Well, here's something that I love to share
as often as I can, as a lot of people
will thank me, a lot of people will give me accolades.
But it is not just me. There's so very many
people that work behind the scenes at Christmas, and I
will say that the very top of the list is
Missus Claus. She does so very much to allow me
(31:02):
to do things like even be here for the podcast.
I'm always thinking, you know, we have a tradition at
the North Pole that after all of the gifts have
been delivered, there Missus Claus is waiting for my return.
She can hear the bells of the sleigh as I return,
and there she is waiting. She's prepared a most wonderful
(31:23):
feast for Christmas Day. It's a wonderful thing. But she
is holding a little gift, and I have one gift
left as well in the sleigh. This is our tradition
that we create something by hand for each other, and
I will give her the gift after she's given me mine.
She always receives the last gift of Christmas, a celebration
(31:46):
in honoring her for.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
All of her efforts. What a beautiful tradition, certainly, and
who better than Missus Claus to get the very last Christmas.
Speaker 3 (31:54):
Gift, the final one. It is the finale.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
That's that's really sweet, It really is.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Speaking of sweet, do you we have a lot of
young listeners out there, possibly listening with their parents, watching
with their parents. Do you have any advice for the
young kids out there, Sansa.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
For all of the little ones that are listening right now,
I will give you a few little tips, a little
little bit of advice.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Are you ready, I'm ready, We're all here.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
Well, I tell everyone, make sure that you're not forgetting
to brush your teeth. Make sure that you're not forgetting
to clean up and pick up your toys. It's very
disheartening for the elves to work so hard at creating
brand new toys that they know we'll go into messy rooms.
Keep the rooms clean, my friends, and make sure that
you're listening to your grown ups. A very important thing.
(32:46):
But remember the very most important thing, and we've mentioned
it a few times today, is kindness. Be kind, be
kind to others, be kind to yourself.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Amen to that sage advice, sage wisdom, and of course
from Santa, what else would we expect?
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Well, and if I were to think about Missus Claus
as well.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
She would also.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Remind me to put put a little plug into more
broccoli less cookies.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
You're going to die ever mix them.
Speaker 3 (33:18):
I'm trying. I'm trying. My very best is that this
is the time of year where cookies just seem to
spring about everywhere I go.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
I have to ask you what is your personal favorite cookie?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Or they divulge this on the podcast. Here we go
for everyone that has their ears listening. My very favorite
cookie are the yummy ones.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
That was a very poor esque answer.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
That was a I also love the round ones as well.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Oh well that's sure. Uh huh, gotcha? Uh huh? Sure
where there's a dunkin Donut joke in there somewhere. Oh
wait a minute, they're not paying any money.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
Now, Santa. There's only one right answer to this question.
Do you listen to Tuned In with Jim Cummings podcast?
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Well, if I did not listen to it, I would
not have known of what an honor it was to
be invited to be here today. I'm very happy to
be here.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Life is good. Thank you, Santa Claus.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Well, thank you Jim for all that you do, for
your kindness, and I want to also congratulate you. Christmas
will now be quite different moving forward, as I hear
that you have the gift of a grandchild.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Grandchild, Yes, yes, indeed, this will be his very first Christmas.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Oh, very exciting.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
And I told him all about you.
Speaker 3 (34:40):
Wonderful.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
He's waiting. He's sitting there doing things like so very good.
It's always a good sign, very good. And he's so cute.
You can't even stand it. Wonderful and it's just a
beautiful thing. So you do great work. And I can't
wait for him to almost meet you, because I know
you're busy. You can't stop and visit with that. Okay,
(35:03):
all right, well that's good to hear. Hear that. Jack's
that's wonderful, Santa. I don't know. I think. Do we
have any more questions for you?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Now? Here's something that I would love to ask, yes,
because I have a few questions that I've brought myself.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Ah.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
This is something that I always ask individuals that I'm
able to visit with. It is what is your very
favorite Christmas memory from childhood?
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Hmm, but I've got so many of them. One one
of my favorite Christmas memories from childhood is being completely
snowed in, could barely get out of the house. I
thought that was the greatest thing in the world. You know,
my parents not so much because they were stuck with me.
(35:52):
And then I remember we're probably weren't the richest people
on the block or anywhere else. But I remember being
tickled pink and it was before I was in grade school,
and I got I got a ball, and I got
a coloring book and a little crayle of crayons thing,
(36:17):
and I think there were eight crayons in it.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
And it was a small pack.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
It was a small pack. It wasn't the big one
with the with the sharpener in it. But I remember
thinking that that was the greatest gift ever. And it
was probably the cheapest, but you know, it had so
much heart in it, and my parents were very sincere,
and you know, they did their best, and then it
(36:41):
was just great and I was one of my favorite
Christmas is ever.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
And do you know that that gift also was filled
with creativity, which we see you've brought into the rest
of your life moving forward.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Well that's true. Well, good observation, Thank you, Sanna. Wow,
very true.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Do you mind if I chime in on this answer?
Like the question you have made me think of a
great memory. Yes, it's always been a great time for me.
It's kind of been like me and my brother's Christmas
traditions to play video games on Christmas. We would typically
get one of the new systems on Christmas from our dad.
And there was one Christmas. Oh man, I was maybe
(37:19):
like twelve years old, eleven or twelve years old, and
for some reason, we didn't think we were getting anything
that year. Like it was like, I don't know, my
dad kept a really good secret from us.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
I guess were you feeling you were on the naughty list?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
No, not at all. It was just kind of like,
you know, our dad was very very generous to us,
you know, and he bought us a lot of toys
throughout the year. So I mean, I know, you give
us the toys, but you know, you might have given
him a pass. And it snowed. It was my first
white Christmas in Vancouver and it snowed. It was snowing
on the day of Christmas, and I was like, oh yeah.
(37:53):
We went outside, we had some snowball fights, made some
snow men perfect and then we came inside. Boom, all
these presents We're like, no way. We start opening him
up PlayStation two and me and my brother went nuts.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
We were like no way, Like.
Speaker 4 (38:06):
We couldn't wait to start playing it. And then we're
opening more, opening more stocky stuffers, open another one, another
PlayStation too, and we were losing our minds. We couldn't
believe it. It had just come out that year. It
had just come out that year, so you guys can
do the math, however old and we could not believe it.
We're like, why why is there two? And then he's
like one for the living room and one for the
(38:27):
theater room and we were.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Like, yeah, baby, forget about it.
Speaker 4 (38:31):
And then I think we played for the rest of
that day, right, And this is back. This is back
when people actually had to go to the store to
get these systems, and there was like pretty much Black
Friday lines outside of the mall, you know, wrapping around
to wait in line for these things. It was all
the hype back then.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Yeah, yeah, wow.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
You know a lot of people will ask me what
is my very favorite gift to make m and I
always go to the traditions, the classics, a wooden train,
a spinning top, some that was simple, but the children
around the world would wish.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
For and hope for.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
And now it seems as Chris is even demonstrated that
the little ones are wanting electronicles. Ipadd my goodness, they're
very difficult to make. We can never make enough of them.
So this is this is always what I plead for
parents that are listening, for all of those electronicles, I
want them to come from you. You be able to
(39:27):
do that if you can, and I will try to
maybe possibly do some of the fun simple toys once again,
wouldn't it be wonderful?
Speaker 1 (39:35):
That would be wonderful.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Listen to Santa OL's sourcing the labor here, folks, who
do you.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Think Amazon got the idea from?
Speaker 1 (39:43):
That's true? Well, oh oh, that's funny, fantastic, my goodness.
Thank you so much Santa for everything you do.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
Thank you, my friend, for all you do as well.
The world needs kindness as much as we can. And
it's always wonderful to spend a little time with someone
that has a kind heart as you do.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Oh, thank you. I'll take that, take that to the bank.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
And I hope that you have a very very merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
And I hope that you all have a very very
merry Christmas from podmeister Chris and I we just thank
you all for your dedication, for all the likes and
subscribes and all that stuff that people always say. God
bless you each and everyone, and thank you very much,
and thank you very much. Thank you German.
Speaker 3 (40:37):
Merry Christmas, everyone, Merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (40:39):
Merry Christmas to everybody.
Speaker 3 (40:40):
From my heart to yours. May your season be filled
with love and joy and peace and happiness and all
good things.
Speaker 4 (40:52):
Thank you very much. And just for tradition's sake, I'll
do our typical out show. Yes, thank you guys all
for watching so much. We hope you enjoyed this. Chris,
this episode of Tuned In with Jim Cummings. I'm producer Chris,
and we're gonna do a couple weeks of this, you know,
where we do a couple of little Christmas themed things.
We have a nice little lead up that we're gonna
announce soon leading it's a Christmas Day twelve Days of
(41:12):
Christmas with Pooh. We're gonna be reading some stories of
Christmas and Winnie the Pooh going on his adventures in
the hundred Acre Woods. So we hope you like that.
And if you do like that then please be sure
to like him subscribe. It really helps us with the algorithm.
You know these days, they change it on us all
the time. They're always looking for different things. It really
gives us valuable insight on what you guys like and
(41:33):
what we can make more of. We have a lot
of good guests coming up. We have Nancy Cartwright coming up.
We have Tom Bancroft, who's a legendary Disney artist, and
I think those ones are some of the most interesting
ones too, when you get like a kind of behind
the scenes look at the Disney process and the animation process.
He's a really smart guy. Really looking forward to that one.
Of course, we have a bunch of other celebrity guests
(41:53):
for you, a bunch of other acquaintances who are gonna
be making their return to tuned in with Jim Commings,
so stay tuned for that. And as always, there's bonus
content on Patreon that you guys can hop over there
and see some bonus stuff. We're gonna be doing a
lor Can of Cards giveaway on there for Christmas, so
stay tuned in for that. A lot of cool stuff
coming up for this holiday season. And once again i'm
(42:14):
producer Chris, joined as always by the legend himself, mister
Jim Cummings and good old Saint Nick Santa Claus. Thank
you again for being here, sir. We really appreciate it,
and we appreciate you all.
Speaker 3 (42:24):
Nicely done, nicely, nicely done, and very good
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