Do All Those Letters to Santa Make it to the North Pole? | 41
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever written a letter to Santa and sent it off to the North Pole, hoping he gets it? Well, Nikki and Malone have a little gift for you. They welcome filmmaker Dana Nachman, whose documentary film "Dear Santa" dives into just how the United States Postal Service makes sure those letters reach Santa each year! And ‘tis the season to... yep!... talk to an "elf." One of Santa’s best helpers, Michael Munoz, talks about his magical experience making sure children’s wishes make it to the North Pole — and under the Christmas tree. Find out how you can help Santa, too!
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.1 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:35.1 | So tell the truth. |
| 0:45.3 | I need to know that it's real. |
| 0:47.3 | Know that it's real. So tell the truth. |
| 0:52.3 | Hi everybody. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome to Call Me Curious. So we have a holiday treat for you, my curious friends. I am so excited about this episode. |
| 1:02.5 | So when I was a little girl, I loved getting mail and I loved sending letters. I actually had a pen pal in Portugal, I think, and I was in |
| 1:12.1 | sixth grade and I loved it. I really don't remember her name. But seriously, I loved writing letters. |
| 1:18.4 | And my favorite time to write letters was Christmas. That's right. Christmas. Old St. Nick |
| 1:24.3 | always got a letter from a young Nikki Boyer. And let me tell you, it was not just a letter. |
| 1:30.4 | Because I needed to make sure that he knew exactly what I wanted for Christmas. So I didn't just send a handwritten letter. |
| 1:36.1 | I sent that guy a whole collage of pictures and cutouts from the magazines and the ads. It was so thick. |
| 1:43.6 | I think I needed to use two stamps to mail it. |
| 1:45.9 | Well, it is that time of year again, my friends. And yes, my letter writing campaign has slowed |
| 1:51.2 | down a little bit, but there are still kids everywhere out there sending letters to Santa. |
| 1:58.2 | But a letter's journey to the North Pole is a bit of a long one. And today, we're going to |
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