Best Santas in Film, Plus Interview with Vaishnavi Patel
X-Ray Vision
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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Jason and Rosie are joined by super producer Ian to discuss their favorite Santa portrayals in film, plus an interview with the author of "We Dance Upon Demons," Vaishnavi Patel.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.5 | Warning. |
| 0:05.5 | Today's episode contains spoilers for, |
| 0:08.6 | mild spoilers for various Santa-related movies and television shows. |
| 0:13.4 | Music. Hello, my name is Jason Concepcion. |
| 0:30.6 | And I'm Rosie Knight. |
| 0:32.5 | And welcome back to expert vision of the podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture, comedy from my heart where we're bringing you three episodes of week. |
| 0:38.7 | Plus news. |
| 0:41.1 | In today's episode, we are talking about the best fictional Santas. |
| 0:45.9 | Yes, we're here for a stocking stuffer, and we are bringing in Ian to talk through those favorite Santas in media. |
| 0:53.9 | Plus, stick around after the chat for an interview with the author of We Dance Upon Demons, |
| 0:59.9 | Vichnavi Patel. |
| 1:02.9 | Best Santas in TV or film. |
| 1:06.8 | Excited to cut it up with y'all. |
| 1:08.8 | Ian, welcome to the program. |
| 1:10.6 | Hello. Excited to be here. Big conversation,all. Ian, welcome to the program. Hello, excited to be here. |
| 1:12.4 | Big conversation, guys. |
| 1:13.9 | Let's talk about first what we're looking for personally in a Santa. |
| 1:21.0 | Because for me, you know, I think one of the, you know, when you really look at it, Santa, it's, he's, he's like a mirror. |
| 1:27.8 | You see what you want to see. Oh, all's, he's, he's like a mirror. Oh, |
| 1:28.0 | see what you want to see. |
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