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The Dark & Strange History Of Santa Claus

The Dark & Strange History Of Santa Claus

The Joe Santagato Show vor 3 Jahren

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A few weeks ago we were working in the studio, getting in the
Christmas spirit, and one of us brought up the fact that it’s weird
we have this tradition about a big jolly fat guy who sneaks into
our homes and wants kids to sit on his lap. We started wondering
where the story of Santa even came. What’s the history and the
origin? Who is St. Nicholas and what’s he have to do with Santa? We
had already been toying with the idea of putting out a special
Christmas episode, so we decided that we’d do some research into
the history of Santa, and if it seemed interesting enough, then
we’d do a fun history lesson as an episode. Greg started doing the
initial research that night and within minutes he texted Joe
saying, “Hookers. The story of Santa starts with hookers. We have
an episode.” As Greg dove deeper into the research, it became clear
that the history of Santa is truly a wild and weird ride that spans
centuries and continents. We decided the most fun way to do the
episode would be for Greg to have the deep knowledge of the story
and timeline of events, while Joe drank wine dressed as Santa and
reacted to the information. Joe got a general briefing of some key
points so that he’d have an overall sense of the story, but some
major details were left out so that he could genuinely find out
while filming. You’ll notice the moments. We love the idea of
spending way too much time learning about weird shit, so this was
perfect for us. Hopefully it doesn’t ruin Christmas for you. Enjoy.
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