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Old 01-25-2011, 4:29pm   #1
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Default If CFOT were a forum for Santa Clauses, or A Tale of two Santas
Go to this link, click "play episode" and skip to minute 21 or so. It's as if Jim and Jesse started a Santa forum. Apparently, people are the same everywhere, even if they're Santa Clause.
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A tale of two Santas. There's Tim Conaghan, a full-time professional Santa with a big belly and a real flowing white beard. And there's Santa Nick—he too has a belly and real white beard. But the story of Santa Tim and Santa Nick is not like most uplifting Christmas parables. Instead, it's about two men, very much alike, who came to lead rival factions in a bitter Santa civil war, and came themselves to be arch enemies. Josh Bearman reports on the political schism that's overtaken the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas. (27 minutes)
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Go to this link, click "play episode" and skip to minute 21 or so. It's as if Jim and Jesse started a Santa forum. Apparently, people are the same everywhere, even if they're Santa Clause.

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I'm not too surprised. It is longer than a youtube video, and there isn't anything for TLH. I did hear quite a few things that paralleled what happened at CFOT and first BCF, and then here. The Santa forum banned members, deleted threads and wrote their own history. It's a good listen if you get time.
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I never could get into This American Life.

That guy just sounds too completely full of himself for words. You can hear it in that smug tone of voice of his.
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didn't peep the flick...santa fights? serious? way too full of themselves...
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I never could get into This American Life.

That guy just sounds too completely full of himself for words. You can hear it in that smug tone of voice of his.
You can skip over him and just listen to the Santa piece. It was done by someone else.
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I was digging around to see if I could find a transcript, but instead found that this story inspired a movie.
Listen: This American Life Segment that Inspired Santa Wars, Movie to be Written by Mike White | /Film
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