Happy Holidays!

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🗓️ 25 December 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Maddie and Emily wish you Happy Holidays and share some science facts you can show off at your next holiday party. Plus, a little reminder of how you can show your support for the show. Find and donate to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/short. Follow Maddie and Emily on Twitter, @maddie_sofia and @emilykwong1234. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:06.3	Maddie Sifai here with Shortwave reporter Emily Kwong.
0:08.6	Hey, Emily.
0:09.2	Hi, Maddie.
0:10.2	So we're off today on Christmas Day.
0:12.1	Yeah.
0:13.1	But we didn't want to miss a chance to wish you happy holidays and to say whatever you're
0:16.2	celebrating if you're celebrating or hope you're having a good day.
0:19.4	Fact check?
0:20.4	True.
0:21.4	Speaking of facts.
0:22.4	Maddie and I each have one fun holiday fact that we're going to share with each other.
0:26.3	And you can share it too with friends and family if you need a little, I don't know,
0:29.7	a sciencey cocktail chatter this week.
0:31.8	Okay.
0:32.8	I'm going to go first.
0:33.8	So you know up on the house top that Christmas song about the reindeer, up on the house top,
0:38.0	click, click every year.
0:39.0	I hear it.
0:40.0	Right.
0:41.0	Here's the thing.
0:42.0	Some reindeer do make a clicking sound when they walk.
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