Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Santa Problem
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Every year, like clockwork, we start getting questions about how to do, or not do, the whole Santa thing. We’ll answer a listener's question and muse on the nature of belief.
We’ll also check in on where the hosts are this week – and then, if you’re coming to hang out on the Slate Plus Playground, we’re honoring peak holiday meal szn with a round of food would-you-rathers.
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Jamilah’s check-in: Wicked and a cold
Elizabeth’s check-in: terrifying VR jungle trek
Zak’s check-in: Noa’s accent work
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:02.0 | And we're also talking about making holiday magic today. |
| 0:05.0 | So if you've got little ones listening with you right now, you might want to come back later. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 0:20.0 | And I am dad to Noah, who's seven, |
| 0:22.0 | and Ami, who's four. We live in Amsterdam. My name is Jamila Lemieux. I'm a writer, |
| 0:28.4 | cultural critic, contributor to Slate's Care and Feeding Parenting Column, and Mom to Naima, |
| 0:34.7 | who's 11, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:41.0 | I write the family travel blog, Dutch, Dutch goose. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. |
| 0:46.4 | We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:49.3 | Today we're talking about Santa. |
| 0:56.3 | Every year, like clockwork, we start getting questions about how to do or how not to do this holiday tradition. |
| 0:58.3 | You could say it's polarizing. |
| 1:01.0 | North polarizing, I'm sorry. |
| 1:05.1 | So we'll answer our listeners' question and share our Santa strategies. |
| 1:08.4 | And after that, we'll check in and share what's on our minds this week. |
| 1:09.6 | So let's get it going. |
| 1:13.6 | We're going to take a quick break, but we'll see you back here in a minute for our question. After a night with drinks, it's tough to bounce back the next day, but with pre-alcohol probiotics by Zbiotics, there's a surefire way to wake up feeling fresh after a night of drinking. |
| 1:26.6 | Their probiotic was invented by a PhD |
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