Ep 092 - A Kidnapped Santa Claus / Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2014

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What're the holidays without children's stories? Every year, families gather around their yule rocks and Festivus poles to hear their favorite tales of holidays past -- which means it's rare that anyone discovers a new seasonal story.

Enter L. Frank Baum's A Kidnapped Santa Claus and Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel and Trina Schart Hyman. One's a fairy tale about saving Christmas from a bunch of Daemons, the other's about saving Hanukkah from a bunch of Goblins. So...similarities.

Save the holidays with us as we discuss Banta Claus, trolling goblins, and hilarious Hershel of Ostropol.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	This is a holiday show.
0:37.2	You were telling earlier that you had like early Christmas this weekend, what did you, what happened?
0:42.8	Yeah, we had pre-Christmas. How did you get Santa to come to your house early?
0:47.6	Does it cost extra and can I do it?
0:51.2	Well, I signed up for Santa Prime and I named Santa 50 bucks a year to build toys in my house.
1:02.6	And so he brings me crap whenever I want.
1:08.9	I heard about that. I heard that there's a lot of good stuff available on Santa Instant Video.
1:13.0	What's the one where Santa delivers pineapples to you?
1:20.0	Is that Santa fresh? What's that called?
1:22.1	Well, I think that's Santa locker.
1:24.0	That's when Santa leaves your stuff in a trash can on the street.
1:28.6	He tells you where it is later.
1:31.3	Welcome to Overdo. This is your favorite Santa fan cast and also podcast about the books
1:36.8	that you've been meeting to read. My name is Craig.
1:38.7	My name is Santa. I'm Andrew.
1:40.9	Sam Drew.
1:42.0	Oh, man, my secret is out.
1:43.8	We know we had early Christmas at my mom's house just yesterday. Wow.
1:52.5	Wow, it seems like so long ago.
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